CREATIVITY AND THE COMMON CORE
AM
Y B
AS
KET
17 years with Bay City Public Schools
3 children that attend Bay City Public Schools
Gifted and Talented Program
Volunteer Program
Moodle Coordinator
Active in all things related to my kids
Baseball, Football, Wrestling, Soccer and Dance
WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF CREATIVITY?
CREATIVITY
Carl Rogers (1959) the emergence in action of a novel relational product growing out the uniqueness of the individual on the one hand and the materials, events, people, or circumstances of life on the other.
Khatena (1978) one’s power to break away from a set pattern and develop original ideas, thoughts and relationships.
Torrance (1977) the process of sensing problems or gaps in information, forming an idea and hypothesis, testing and modifying these hypotheses and communicating the results.
WHICH ONE?
Novel Product Unique idea
of the individual
Based on materials, events, people or circumstances
Sensing problems or gaps in information
Developing an idea to solve the problem or fill in the gap in knowledge.
Testing it, modifying it, communicating it.
Rogers Khatena
• One’s ability to break away from the norm
• Develop original ideas, thoughts or relationships
Torrance
TORRAN
CE
Probably the easiest to apply to a classroom situation.
TORRANCE MODEL OF CREATIVITY
Fluency
Flexibility
Originality
Elaboration
FLUENCY
The ability to produce a quantity of ideas, thoughts or answers to a particular problem.
Questioning is key to this component. The questions must be open-ended.
Practice—What are all of the uses for a shovel?
FLEXIBILITY
The ability to think of different approaches to a problem, view a situation from different perspectives, and group ideas into different categories.
If you didn’t have a pen, pencil, marker or crayon, what could you use to write with?
ORIGINALITY
The production of something for the first time. It is the synthesis or putting information back together in a new way.
Pretend you have the perfect student desk. What would the desk look like? What elements would it have? What would you get rid of?
ELABORATION
To embellish, polish, improve upon, enhance.My perfect vacation
ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE THINKING
Fluency—quantity of ideas
Flexibility—think from a different perspective
Originality—develop an idea or product for the first time
Elaboration—embellish, enhance, polish
COMMON CORE STANDARDS
Reading Anchor Standards
Writing Anchor Standards
Speaking and Listening Anchor Standards
Language Anchor Standards
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
4. Model with Mathematics5. Use appropriate tools
strategically6. Attend to precision7. Look for and make use of
structure.8. Look for and express
regularity in repeated reasoning.
English Language Arts
Mathematical Practice
FLUENCYExamples
FLUENCY—WAYS TO MAKE TEN
Ten
10
9+1=
6+4=
29-19=
5x2=
101
This activity can span many grade levels from Kindergarten through Fifth Grade
60/6 Reason abstractly and quantitatively
FLUENCY—READING/LANGUAGE ARTS Besides being a fluent reader (word decoder)
Quantity of ideas about the storyRead grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
Quantity of words in a word families CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
--at --et
Word work with suffixes, prefixes, root words family CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate
How many words can you find with… aqu/a --ology auto mega
FLEXIBILITYExample
FLEXIBILITY--MATH
Encourage multiple ways to solve the problem. Have students demonstrate their methods to solve the problem. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Solve a problem backwards Make sense of problems and preserve in solving
The product is 24 and at least one factor is even.
8 x 3 = 24 6 x 4 = 24 2 x 12 = 24
FLEXIBILITY
Literature CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9 Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Read multiple versions of the same story Focus on the different perspectives the author
writes from—Three little pigs from the Wolf’s perspective
Focus on the same story from multiple different cultures—Multiple versions of Cinderella
Books with multiple perspectives The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
FLEXIBILITY
Writing-- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
Follow-up writing scenarios Jack and the Beanstalk
What if Jack sold the cow at the market… Stone Soup
What if the villagers did not contribute to the monks’ soup?
American Revolution What if the Declaration of Independence was never
written? Have students question character’s decisions
and how the story would have changed.
FLEXIBILITY
The power of doodling Doodling helps kids stay focused
Unfinished pictures
ORIGINALITYExamples
ORIGINALITY
Model with Mathematics Use any of the
CCSS standards to have students write their own real world problems.
The resulting project will showcase the student’s interpretation of the prompt.
ORIGINALITY
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4 Present information,
findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5 Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
ELABORATIONExamples
ELABORATION--MATH
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
Elaboration—embellish, enhance, polish
Problem Solving-- Allow student a chance to embellish and enhance others answers.
ELABORATION—MATH
A scientist plans to study exotic birds in the rain forest. The helicopter flight to and from the rain forest costs $499. Supplies cost $112 for each day. How many days can the scientist spend in the rain forest on a $1,283 budget?
The scientist can spend 7 days in the rainforest.
Can anyone elaborate on my method of solving this problem? Is there a better way?
ELABORATION—LANGUAGE ARTS CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5 Develop and strengthen writing
as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a
new approach. Writer’s Workshop
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Embellishing or enhancing writing with a purpose.
Sample assignment: Compare the ending of Hatchet to the book Brian’s Winter. Why do you think Paulsen wrote this alternative ending?
Write the initial piece then revise with the purpose of adding evidence or citing a quote from a specific source.
CLASSIC CREATIVITY TEST
http://99u.com/articles/7160/Test-Your-Creativity-5-Classic-Creative-Challenges
THANK YOURequests for this PowerPoint information can be made to Amy Basket
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