T3+Habits+of+Mind

Our goals related to Habits of Mind are:
please write your goal from the staff meeting here next to your name:
 * Kay:** to become familiar with these and decide which to implement in the class in T4
 * Graeme:** to know what the 16 habits are and how they can be implemented in the classrooms.
 * Helen:** Locate and study information about the habits of mind and clarify my understanding of them.
 * Carolyn** : Learn what Habits of mind are.
 * Sara**: Use habits of mind within my classroom programme.
 * Craig**: Ensure I am using the habits of mind throughout my classroom programme.

Which ones do you use? Which ones do your students need to use? How will you encourage this?

 * Helen :** I try to use the persisiting and listening ones all the time- I need to change the language I use to label them so the pupils can identify them specifically. I also need to consider the listening ones and enjoyed the ideas shared by staff in the staff meeting.
 * Sara:** Intro one habit a week to my class through a meaningful expereience related to that habit, discuss, use and refer back to, display with our other habits we are now using, also in weekly email to parents intro that habit to them as well as put link in for them to visit habits website to learn more.