TASK: GREEN HAT: - Caption this photograph for a news paper - Write 3-4 sentences about what is happening in this photo. (Be Creative)
Card Game TEACHERS USES: - Formative and summative assessment - Solving problems in the classroom - Inquiry - " is this feasible?" - circle time BENEFITS ON CHILDREN - Children begin to think more in-depth - Work together as a team - Share their thinking process - Helps to determine all possible outcomes
WHAT YOU NEED - you can break the class into 4-5 students per team - give each team a set of card decks - blue hat topic cars and blue hat call for thinking cards, a timer, and a score sheet
EXPLAIN HOW TO PLAY THE GAME - One person on each team will be the timer - each turn is one minute - the person who's turn it is draws a blue hat topic card and reads it to the group - The timer draws a blue hat call for thinking card and asks that person to generate thinking based on the card drawn - For each correct answer the person earns one point - They have one minute to generate as many correct answers as they can
LINK TO RESOURCE http://www.debonoforschools.com/pdfs/Six_Thinking_Hats_Card_Game_Free_Resource.pdf
An example of how I have used DeBono's thinking hat in reading