AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DEPTH & COMPLEXITY PROMPTS AND THEIR ICONS. Presented by Daniel Brillhart

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1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DEPTH & COMPLEXITY PROMPTS AND THEIR ICONS Presented by Daniel Brillhart

2 Training Agenda Introductions Conversational Roundtable Historical Background The Depth and Complexity Prompts and Their Icons Revisit Conversational Roundtable

3 Who Is This Person? 28 years starting the 29th 3 high school government 5 6 th grade 10 4 th grade 11 TAG (Talented and Gifted) Depth and Complexity History Cell Phone

4 Conversational Roundtable Center Main Topic: What do you know about Depth and Complexity? First Square write down your knowledge of Depth and Complexity. Talk with your neighbors. Jot down their understanding of Depth and Complexity. Final Conclusion: Bring together all of your thoughts.

5 THE ICONS

6 Wait I Thought Icons Were Bad!

7 Depth and Complexity Icons? 11 essential elements that encourage and promote deep and complex thinking 8 are depth 3 are complex

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10 The Icons - Depth

11 Icons of Depth and Complexity

12 Icons of Depth and Complexity

13 Icons of Depth and Complexity

14 Icons of Depth and Complexity

15 Icons of Depth and Complexity

16 Icons of Depth and Complexity

17 Icons of Depth and Complexity

18 Icons of Depth and Complexity

19 The Icons - Complexity

20 Icons of Depth and Complexity

21 Icons of Depth and Complexity

22 Icons of Depth and Complexity

23 INTRODUCING THE ICONS

24 How Do You Introduce The Icons? Post them in your room Posters Magnets

25 How Do You Introduce The Icons? Choose how many to introduce at a time Blunderbuss approach all at once One at a time In small groups

26 Read Aloud Read a picture book out loud Have students identify icons they notice

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28 Other Possible Read Alouds

29 ICON MINI-LESSONS

30 Language of the Discipline On a stick note, draw the icon then give clues about a career of your choosing. See if others can figure out the career.

31 Details (and Big Idea) Use as a notetaking exercise As the passage is read out loud, put the Big Idea in the center and the supporting, necessary details on the leaves

32 Parts of a Flower Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and More! DK Find Out!, Accessed 10 June 2018.

33 Rules What rules are stated? Brainstorm with your table group. What rules are unstated? Brainstorm with your table group.

34 Patterns vs. Trends Patterns are predictable. Trends are a combination of Patterns and Over Time. There may be deviations.

35 Byrdseed.com Practice While popcorn may be plain discussing the ethical issues of popcorn creates a fascinating debate looking at the trends of popcorn price at movie theaters reveals economic insights examining the rules of popcorn popping becomes a science lesson studying the details of what separates popcorn from other corn broadens thinking sharing multiple perspectives about popcorn flavoring opens minds to other cultures analyzing how popcorn has changed over time reveals new information about our changing society

36 FINAL THOUGHTS

37 Final Thoughts Post the icons around the room Make icons accessible to the students Allow students to play with the icons during discussions Realize that sometimes the students will grasp the icons better than you

38 Final Thoughts Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill