Module Overview

  • 1

    Overview: The What, Why, & How of the Four Cornerstones

    • READ ME Before You Begin

    • Welcome to the Four Cornerstones (with Dr. Harvey Silver)

    • Learning Targets

    • PART 1: The WHAT of the Four Cornerstones

    • PART 2: The WHY of the Four Cornerstones

    • PART 3: The HOW of the Four Cornerstones

    • Moving to the Classroom

    • Four Cornerstones Classroom Assessment Guide (Fillable Form)

    • Checking Your Understanding (Fillable Form)

    • Learning Target Self-Assessment (Fillable Form)
  • 2

    Tools for Establishing Organization, Rules, and Procedures (Cornerstone One)

    • Tools Overview for Cornerstone One

    • Introduction to Cornerstone One (Video)

    • TOOL: 7-Step Directions

    • PD RESOURCE: 7-Step Directions Organizer (Fillable)

    • TOOL: Procedural PRO

    • PD RESOURCE: How to be a PRO at Procedures (Student Handout)

    • TOOL: Respectfully Yours

    • PD RESOURCE: Respectfully Yours (Classroom Poster)

    • TOOL: Rules to Live & Learn By

    • PD RESOURCE: Rules to Live & Learn By (Classroom Posters)

    • TOOL: Student-Friendly Learning Targets

    • PD RESOURCE: Post, Discuss, Reference (Tool)
  • 3

    Tools for Building Positive Relationships (Cornerstone Two)

    • Tools Overview for Cornerstone Two

    • Introduction to Cornerstone Two (Video)

    • TOOL: All for One & One for All

    • PD RESOURCE: Team-O-Graph (Fillable Forms)

    • TOOL: Check Your Mood at the Door

    • PD RESOURCE: Check Your Mood at the Door (Classroom Poster)

    • TOOL: Community CIRCLE

    • PD RESOURCE: Community CIRCLE (Classroom Video)

    • TOOL: Getting to Know You

    • PD RESOURCE: Hand of Knowledge (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Best Foot Forward Survey (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Letter to My Students (Sample)

    • TOOL: Interaction in an Instant

    • PD RESOURCE: Clock Partners (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Give One, Get One (Classroom Poster)

    • PD RESOURCE: Give One, Get One (Classroom Video)

    • PD RESOURCE: Physical Barometer (Classroom Video)
  • 4

    Tools for Increasing Engagement and Enjoyment (Cornerstone Three)

    • Tools Overview for Cornerstone Three

    • Introduction to Cornerstone Three (Video)

    • TOOL: Classroom Games

    • PD RESOURCE: CHECKlist of Effective Game Design Principles

    • TOOL: Divergent Thinking

    • PD RESOURCE: Divergent Thinking - Circle Organizer

    • TOOL: Effort Tracker

    • PD RESOURCE: Effort Tracker Form (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Fine-Tune Your Feedback (Tool)

    • TOOL: Personal Best

    • PD RESOURCE: Reflecting on My Personal Bests (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: STAIRS to Successful Feedback (Tool)

    • TOOL: Questioning in Style

    • PD RESOURCE: How to Flex Your Mental Muscles (Classroom Poster)

    • PD RESOURCE: Questioning in Style (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: My Questioning in Style Responses (Fillable Organizer)

    • TOOL: Scavenger Hunt

    • PD RESOURCE: Scavenger Hunt (Fillable Organizer)
  • 5

    Tools for Developing a Culture of Thinking and Learning (Cornerstone Four)

    • Tools Overview for Cornerstone Four

    • Introduction to Cornerstone Four (Video)

    • TOOL: 3C Word Walls

    • COMPANION VIDEO: Tools to Make Vocabulary Learning Active and Deep

    • PD RESOURCE: Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (Tool)

    • PD RESOURCE: Defining Knowledge (Tool)

    • PD RESOURCE: Association Triangles (Tool)

    • TOOL: Because

    • PD RESOURCE: Because (Classroom Poster)

    • TOOL: Forced Choice

    • PD RESOURCE: Six Forced Choice Frames

    • TOOL: The Power of Pause

    • PD RESOURCE: The Power of Pause (Classroom Poster)

    • PD RESOURCE: Kindling a Question (Classroom Poster)

    • TOOL: Power Previewing

    • PD RESOURCE: Power Previewing - Nonfiction (Fillable Organizer)

    • PD RESOURCE: Power Previewing - Fiction Organizer (Fillable)
  • 6

    Planning and Reflection Resources

    • Planning a Tool (Fillable Form)

    • Reflecting On My Practice (Fillable Form)

    • Reflecting on My Practice (Sample Teacher Response)