Help Your Students Become Great Thinkers ~ 7 Pages of Sages

Seven pages of sages, each with their own picture and saying (a first-person statement or question)
o Example (see preview for full-size version):

Like Plato

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I PLAY with Becoming BIG!

One extra complete page of all seven sages and how they relate to learning
o Example:
 Like da Vinci I ask myself, “What do I SEE?” ~ What KEY WORDS do I see in the text that helps me figure out the answer is?

 Sages include:
~ Plato ~ Aristotle
~ Voltaire ~ Socrates
~ Leonardo da Vinci ~ Albert Einstein
~ Miyamoto Musashi

 Can be highly effective for any grade and any age, even for us teachers and parents!

 I used this with my 2nd-grade students this year and it has helped produce an average of 2-year’s documented learning gains per student in both reading and math!

 Suggested placement: Plato, Aristotle, Voltaire, Socrates, da Vinci, Einstein, Musashi