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Haver your expectations very high, because in many occasions, and over the course of time,
your students will surprise you with their comments, questions, connections, and deep forms of
observing what is around them.

Suggestions by Ages
1’s
2’s
3’s

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4 & 5’s

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Use real pictures
Share your own interests with the children.
Promueva diálogos Socráticos
Invite a los padres de familia a visitar las documentaciones en el salón
Invite them to create their own questions. Document them, and when you develop
the thematic, invite them to answer or inquire more about the topic if necessary
Make “tours” around the room, where they have the chance to revisit the
documentations and generate connections
At all times, add the thought routine “What makes you say that?”
Expose the student to different learning opportunities, always keeping in mind that
each child is unique and that the development of comprehension is different for
everybody

Suggested Thought Routines:
Keys for thought
Conceptual maps (e.g. Take the risk and add one more area to the Venn Diagram)
Feel/Breath/Think

Citizen Dimension

While modeling the language for thought, and little by little creating a culture in the room, the
students will develop empathy, resilience, ethics, and moral. Also, they will take not only their rights
into account, but also their responsibilities as citizens of the world. It is crucial to reinforce the win-