SLOs - February-Independent Critical Thinkers

February 24/25: Independent Critical Thinkers

Independent critical thinkers who have the ability to problem solve, take ownership,

and apply their knowledge to a variety of problems.

TK-2nd Grade Adventures

Grade TK-2: "Puzzle Playtime"

Activity: Shape Sorting Challenge

Objective: Develop critical thinking through hands-on problem-solving.

California State Standards:

- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.2: Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

Description: Engage in a shape sorting challenge where students arrange and match various shapes, enhancing spatial awareness and critical thinking skills.

3rd-5th Grade Expeditions

Grade 3-5: "Scientific Inquiry Adventure"

Activity: DIY Science Experiment

Objective: Apply knowledge to solve real-world problems through experimentation.

California State Standards:

- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation.

Description: Students design and conduct a simple science experiment, documenting their process and findings. This encourages independent critical thinking and problem-solving.

6th-8th Grade Ventures

Grade 6-8: "Math Puzzlers Club"

Activity: Mathematical Escape Room

Objective: Collaboratively solve math puzzles to enhance critical thinking.

California State Standards:

- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.EE.B.7: Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations.

Description: Create a math escape room where students collaboratively solve equations and puzzles, fostering independent and critical thinking skills.

9th-12th Grade Expeditions

Grade 9-12: "Literary Analysis Challenge"

Activity: Analytical Book Review

Objective: Demonstrate critical thinking through in-depth analysis.

California State Standards:

- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis.

Description: Students select a literary work, critically analyze its themes, characters, and symbols, and present their findings in a detailed book review.

2024/2025 School Year

2023/2024 School Year

Pueblos_E_WRLP5_0224 - Allison Gaddis.pdf

Student created a claw that allows him to pick up items from inside this box.

_Gumballs_ by Justin Claxton - Michelle Hass.pdf

The student took a simple life experience and wrote a humorous tale including a variety of literary elements. He worked hard to incorporate a variety of sentence openers, strong verbs, quality adjectives and adverbs. He is very proud of his completed writing project.

Zoey built a city out of paper as she was studying measurement and volume. The goal was to make sure the total cubic volume of the combined buildings was equal to 2500 cubic centimeters. She used mathematical problem skills to complete this challenging task.

Feng_Z_WSLP5 - Stefani Clanton.pdf

CW New Year - Jenny Feliciano.pdf

The student needed to learn about how the New Year is celebrated in the United States, and how it is celebrated in Asian cultures. She then compared the two celebrations finding how the are the same and what attributes are only for each culture. She used a venn diagram to show her thinking.

PottingerJLP5worksample - Marisa Freeborn.pdf

This student demonstrated the problem of racism and segregation and the two sides of the issue.

Yahya and his sister Maryam in 2nd grade created a marble roller coaster and domino effect scenario using cardboard, domino tiles, Lego, wood, etc. The marble rolls down a cardboard roller coaster created from scratch. This is not from a kit, it is built from ground up and the students paid attention to every detail.

CriticalThinkingSample - Johanna Diaz.pdf

The student demonstrated independent critical thinking by articulating key facts about the leaders of the Abolitionist Movement.

Critical thinking in the analysis of the prompt

Nusenow_T_WSLP5_Government - Natalie Crouse.pdf

Martinson_B_SLO - Lindsey Elhami.pdf

This student demonstrated being a critical thinker because she had to take what she learned about the Greek civilization and apply that to what she thought were some of their most important contributions. Not only did she list what she thought the contributions were but why they were important and how that impacts our world today.

This student is using critical thinking math skills to escape mazes by discovering/following the path of perfect squares. This is an out of the box way to identify perfect squares. This required the student to analyze the numbers in a interesting way that shows her ability to understand square numbers in mathematics.

Hiedi-SLO upload - Katie Danna.pdf