Jadeline Tallon

January 28, 2018

Exit Ticket Week 2

1. What is metacognition?
a. Metacognition is best described as “thinking about our thinking”.
2. Why is metacognition important for students to know and understand how to use?
a. Through the use of real reading, our senses are activated, making for a more
interesting and purposeful experience.
3. What strategies do you use to support metacognition in your classroom.
a. One strategy I use is a “think board”. Near the board are sticky notes. As we do
an assigned reading, students are welcomed to write a thought or question on the
sticky note and put it on the board. I use the last few minutes of class for us to
review these notes and discuss.
b. A second strategy is through journal prompts. After an assigned reading, I
provide a journal prompt that connects the reading to their background
knowledge. These journals, however, are confidential between the student and I.
4. Is metacognition important only to the ELA classroom, or does it apply to other content
areas. How and where would this apply?
a. Metacognition is important in both ELA and content areas. The main purpose of
metacognition is bringing awareness to our thinking on various topics and issues.
With metacognition in all areas, students become more aware and involved in
issues affecting their life.
5. Make an anchor chart or artifact to use in your classroom to support teaching
metacognition. Take a picture of it and post it with your Exit Ticket.
a. In my thoughts, we use our brains for reading and we use our hearts for thinking.
As the saying goes, “Follow your heart”. I have always followed this quote as we
must use our hearts more than our brain. In similar fashion, we are to use our
thinking more than reading, which is why the heart is bigger. We often
familiarize RR as rest and relaxation, so in regards to metacognition, our RR is
real reading.