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media type="custom" key="2761991"**Title of Unit or Project: How Do You Think?**
 * === Grade Level and/or Subject Area: 2nd. gd. Problem Solvers ===
 * === Summary of Project: Students will be introduced to Costa's and Kallick's Habits of Mind. They will learn to recognize habits in real and fictional characters and apply them to their thinking. The book, __The Fourth Little Pig__ by Teresa Celsi, will be read and discussed with students. They will identify Habit of Mind traits exhibited by the characters. Next, the students will complete an on-line survey about the book. From a collection of other book titles, students will identify Habits of Mind traits shown by the characters. Finally, students will create a Powerpoint to teach Habits of Mind to classroom peers. A rubric will be used to assess content and presentation. Students will use the rubric as a self-assessment and teacher will complete group assessment. A final conference will be conducted to discuss results. ===
 * === Curriculum Framing Questions ===
 * === __Essential Questions__ ===
 * === //How do you think?// ===
 * === //Just because you can, should you?// ===
 * ===// Is it worth it? // ===
 * === __Unit Questions__  ===
 * === // What do smart people do when they don’t know the answer? // ===
 * ===  // When is a risk worth taking? //     ===
 * ===    // When is doing something wrong the right thing to do? //     ===
 * ===      __Content Questions__ ===
 * ===// <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> What are Habits of Mind?  //===
 * === I//dentify a person or ficional character who exhibits (chose one of the 16 habits).// ===
 * === //Which trait(s) are illustrated by characters in this book?// ===
 * === //Define responsible risk taking.// ===
 * ===** Real world connection- Students can apply Habits of Mind traits in their own lives. **===

How Do You Think? Unit Plan Assessment Rubric for Powerpoint <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">