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[Audio] Facilitation Notes Open this slide deck in the desktop app to see the section breaks. Please note: There is one debrief slide at the end of the 45-min./three-section lesson. Please move this debrief slide to the end of the section/lesson that you will be using. For example: Using a single section (15 mins.) — move the debrief slide to the end of this section for lesson closure and wrap-up. Using two sections (30 mins.) — move the debrief slide to the end of this section for lesson closure and wrap-up. Using three sections (45 mins.) — use the debrief slide at the end..

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[Audio] Facilitation Notes Give students a moment to set up their notes. Have students record the EQ at the top of their notes..

[Audio] Facilitation Notes Consider using "drop-in" reading, where students read the bolded text, and you read the remaining text..

1. Persisting 2. Managing impulsivity 3. Listening with understanding and empathy 4. Thinking flexibly 5. Thinking about thinking (metacognition) 6. Striving for accuracy 7. Questioning and posing problems 8. Applying past knowledge to new situations.

[Audio] Facilitation Notes To set up the room, write one habit of mind at the top of each chart paper. Each group will have one marker. At each piece of chart paper, they will brainstorm ideas that their group has about that habit of mind. One person will record ideas on the chart paper. When time is called, the group will move to the next piece of chart paper and continue the process with the new habit of mind. Once all papers have been visited, debrief ideas/thoughts that have been posted on the different pieces of chart paper..

[Audio] Facilitation Notes Have student break into random groups of four or five. Assign each group a habit of mind they will present. Using the rules of Charades, no words are allowed. Students will determine in their groups how they will act out the Habit of Mind while, as a class, other students try to guess..

[Audio] Facilitation Notes Have students partner up. Explain that they will develop a real-life scenario that requires someone to apply one or more habits of mind. Once you have given them a few minutes to develop a scenario, they will partner up with another group and share. The goal is to make the group they are sharing with guess what Habits of Mind need to be used in that scenario. If time allows, have students do multiple rounds with different partners..

[Audio] Facilitation Notes Move this slide to the end of the lesson section that you will be doing for the class period. For example, if you will only be using Section 1, move the debrief slide to the closure of that lesson. You may choose to focus on the question most aligned to that section. Instructional Steps: 1. Give students a moment to think/write about these questions individually. Ask a few volunteers to share their answers to one of these questions. Debrief as a group..