At I.S.M.

We have things called…

TRANSDISCIPLINARYSKILLS

That’s right!

Transdisciplinary Skills!

What are Transdisciplinary Skills, you ask?

Skills are things that you learn to do well and

that will help you get a job done.

Transdisciplinarymeans that

you can use the skills in almost anything you do

at school and

even outside of school

Balancing on top of a ball is a skill,

butis it a skill that you can use most of the time?

Playing the violin is a skill,

but is it a skill that you can use most of the time?

Let’s think of some skills that we can use most of the time,

whether we are in

Math, Art, P.E.

or language classes,

Or even when we aren’t at

school.

One of those skills is:

Communication

Communicatingmeans

Sharing your answers &

ideas through

ReadingWriting

Listening Speaking

Another one of those skills is:

Critical Thinking &

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

means how you tackle problems

if some of your learning is hard to figure out.

You can do this by:

asking questions, listening to others

and being creative

with ideas that could help solve your problems

Another is:

Connection &

Collaboration

Connection &

Collaboration

means:

Being cooperative with a group or partner, Discussing ideas,Respecting the ideas of othersandMaking decisions together

How about:

Personal Management

& Reflection

Personal Management&

Reflectionmeans:

setting goalsworking towards goalsreflecting on goals

being organizedandtrying to improve

And the last one is:

Research

Researchmeans

Figuring out what your question or problem is,

Searching for information

Reading and understanding the information and sharing it with others

So, ask yourself:

“How good am I at

reading, writing, listening and speaking?”

and

“How could I get better at

communicating?

“How good am I asking questions, listening to others

and being creative

at solving my problems?”

and

“How could I get better at

critical thinking &

problem solving?

“How good am I at

cooperating with a group or partner, discussing ideas,

andmaking decisions together?”

and

“How could I get better at

connecting&

collaborating?

“How good am I at

working on goals,staying organized,

reflecting on my progress and

trying to improve?”

and

“How could I get better at

personal managementand

reflection?

“How good am I at

searching for information

reading and understanding the information and

sharing it with others?”

and

“How could I get better at

research?

Now, choose 2 of these

transdisciplinaryskills.

Write about how you are doing on them

andhow you think

you need to improve.