{"id":2422,"date":"2024-07-29T05:10:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T05:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:26:49","slug":"generate-sort-connect-elaborate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbarkerstearoom.com\/?p=2422","title":{"rendered":"Generate – Sort – Connect – Elaborate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of a library lesson supporting the Stage 2 NSW History unit First Contacts<\/em>, I presented a Year 3 class with this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Image from https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students were asked what they would do if they arrived in this setting as part of a group of 20 people and needed to survive here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We completed the Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate (GSCE)<\/em> thinking routine to think a little ‘deeper’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First….GENERATE<\/strong>: Students wrote their response on a post-it note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next…SORT<\/strong>: We read the responses and grouped any that were similar. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Then…CONNECT<\/strong>: We took a closer look at the content of the notes and found that one group of post-it notes suggested that we would use the skills and resources we found in the new location, to build a shelter and source food. The second group of post-it notes suggested asking the people living in that setting for advice on how to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally…ELABORATE<\/strong>: We took time to go a little deeper and ponder some questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Questions we discussed in depth were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n