Powerful Thinking: Engaging Readers, Building Knowledge and Nudging Thinking in Elementary Classrooms

In the age of inquiry-based learning, how do we create a learning environment where students are re-thinking rather than simply re-telling? How do we provide enough structure AND flexibility for students to explore, stretch and reflect on their thinking? In this session, BC teacher and author Adrienne Gear, will share ideas from her new book Powerful Thinking that will help you engage your students in deepening their understanding in all areas of the curriculum. She will share practical ways to help bring knowledge-building into classrooms by using texts as tools to nudge students’ thinking through content-rich, interactive read-alouds and engaged class conversations. Come to this session and leave inspired to bring thinking into every corner of your classroom!