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 * Notes:**

June 12,2011
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__The following pages were created for the 4th quarter assessment:__ Click the links to quick access to the pages

Responding With Wonderment and Awe Questioning and Posing Problems Remaining Open to Continuous Learning Taking Responsible Risks

Stick to it! Persevering in task through to completion; remaining focused. Looking for ways to reach your goal when stuck. Not giving up. || Take your Time! Thinking before acting; remaining calm, thoughtful and deliberative. || Understand Others! Devoting mental energy to another person's thoughts and ideas; Make an effort to perceive another's point of view and emotions || Look at it Another Way! Being able to change perspectives, generate alternatives, consider options || Know your knowing! Being aware of your own thoughts, strategies, feelings and actions and their effects on others. || Check it again! Always doing your best. Setting high standards. Checking and finding ways to improve constantly. || Use what you Learn! Accessing prior knowledge; transferring knowledge beyond the situation in which it was learned. || How do you know? Having a questioning attitude; knowing what data are needed and developing questioning strategies to produce those data. Finding problems to solve || Be clear! Striving for accurate communication in both written and oral form; avoiding over generalizations, distortions, deletions and exaggerations. || Use your natural pathways! Pay attention to the world around you Gather data through all the senses. taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight || Try a different way! Generating new and novel ideas, fluency, originality || Have fun figuring it out! Finding the world awesome, mysterious and being intrigued with phenomena and beauty. Being passionate. || Venture out! Being adventuresome; living on the edge of one's competence. Try new things constantly. || Laugh a little! Finding the whimsical, incongruous and unexpected. Being able to laugh at oneself. || Work together! Being able to work in and learn from others in reciprocal situations. Team work. || Learn from experiences! Having humility and pride when admitting we don't know; resisting complacency. ||
 * A summary of the Habits of Mind is located below: Adapted from http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/habitsofMind.html**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image001.jpg width="103" height="105"]] || **Persistence**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image002.jpg width="103" height="105"]] || **Managing Impulsivity**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image003.jpg width="103" height="105"]] || **Listening with Empathy and Understanding**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image004.jpg width="103" height="105"]] || **Thinking Flexibly**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image005.jpg width="103" height="100"]] || **Thinking about your Thinking : Metacognition**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image006.jpg width="103" height="100"]] || **Striving for Accuracy**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image007.jpg width="103" height="100"]] || **Applying Past Knowledge**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image008.jpg width="103" height="100"]] || **Questioning and Posing Problems**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image009.jpg width="103" height="106"]] || **Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image010.jpg width="103" height="107"]] || **Gathering Data Through All Senses**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image011.jpg width="103" height="106"]] || **Creating, Imagining & Innovating**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image012.jpg width="103" height="107"]] || **Responding With Wonderment and Awe**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image013.jpg width="103" height="106"]] || **Taking Responsible Risks**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image014.jpg width="103" height="89"]] || **Finding Humor**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image015.jpg width="103" height="102"]] || **Thinking Interdependently**
 * [[image:http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/schools/nw/habitsofmind/clip_image016.jpg width="103" height="111"]] || **Remaining Open to Continuous Learning**