Tuesday 19 February 2013

Front Matter Summaries


The Front matter Matters!  By starting our planning with the front matter, we narrow our focus to a disciplinary skill.  It is through the development of these front matter skills that students are better able to navigate their classes as disciplinary insiders, as they are taught what it means to think like a mathematician, a biologist, a historian, a musician, and so on.

The front matter can be a daunting read.  We needed to create a user-friendly version, so we adapted the material into graphic organizers, such as this one for social studies, K-12, below Please note, these are our interpretations of the front matter.  We would love to hear if you have a different interpretation of any of the content.

All of our front matter summaries can be found on the Black Gold Engaging Students website, at http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division-ii/front-matter-summaries/



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