It was great to finish this session knowing that the things I have been doing in class are things that have been brought up today. Something that stood out was the 4 C's for 21st-century learners. Giving these students the opportunities to think critically, communicate their understandings or their points of view, be creative in showing their understanding and enable the chance for collaboration is something that I do and will continue to do. 
When we focused on the levels of thinking, I was shown different ways that students can do this. From getting them to analyse (identify particular features that communicate or reinforce the main idea) a text to have a discussion of what the author is wanting that is beyond the lines of the text. I think it is critical that students still have the opportunities to be exposed on a literal level as this is needed to be a foundation of their understanding.
I also liked how we were exposed to some strategies to support synthesis as I find this one of the harder strategies to teach. I would like to see how these could be implemented in the classroom as I feel like there is so much to be learned from it.
Something that I will continue to bring up and point out in lessons are these two key things. Where I will offer students the opportunity to discuss the authors' purpose or the position the author is placing them in. We want them to challenge what they read.
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