Introducing the Depth Prompts of Depth and Complexity Grades 3-6 (SET 1)
Want to introduce your 3rd - 6th Grade students to the Depth and Complexity thinking prompts of Language of the Discipline, Details, Big Idea, and Ethics? If you have been wanting to use the Depth and Complexity with your students and just weren't sure where to start, or if you just love Depth and Complexity and can't get enough, this resource offers low-prep and no-prep actvitivities perfect for 3rd - 6th grade students.
You'll get multiple, low-prep, interactive activities offering a range of ways to introduce the Depth thinking prompts of Language of the Discipline, Details, Big Idea, and Ethics.
✨✨This Introduction to the Depth Thinking Prompts of Depth and Complexity set of activities can be done on consecutive days or spaced out over time. The activities are geared to Third Grade through Sixth Grade students. Some of the activities are similar to activities in the K-2 set, but they are adjusted for language and images to meet an older audience.
This convenvient introduction to the thinking prompts of Language of the Discipline, Details, Big Idea, and Ethics of Depth and Complexity activity set is:
✔ Low prep - most activities are no prep - just print/display and go!
✔ Great for building class culture
✔ Perfect for busy teachers
✔ Flexible! Use one or all!
✔ Varied, flexible, and engaging
Included in this Introduction to the Depth and Complexity Elements of Language of the Discipline, Details, Big Idea, and Ethics:
★ Three different activities to introduce Language of the Discipline, including a super fun matching game
★ Three different activities to introduce the Details thinking prompt
★ A fun "It's All in the Details" activity
★ A Details Depth and Complexity frame (with rubric) in color and black/white
★ A Big Idea introduction activity that also shares sample Big Idea templates
★ A Big Idea activity that also addresses standards for Third through Sixth Grades
★ Multiple activities to introduce Ethics, including an optional Fair/Unfair sticks activity that is super interactivity and reusable!
★ Posters of the four thinking prompts introduced
★ Blank posters in case you use the older icons
★ 100+ pages!
★ Teacher instructions for all of the activities so you know just how to use them
☀️Save with the BUNDLE that teaches all eleven thinking prompts!
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