Routines and Strategies

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See-Think-Wonder

a) Look at the image silently for about a minute

b) SEE - what do you see? what do you observe? explain what you see.

c) THINK - based on what you see, what do you think is happening in the image? what do you see that makes you think that?

d) WONDER - what questions do you have about this image? what issues or ideas does it raise in your head?

e) Share and compare; what is similar? what is different?

Describing, Interpreting, Wondering

Looking Ten X TwoObserving, Describing, Wondering

• Look at the image quietly for at least 30 seconds. Let your eyes wander.

• List 10 words or phrases about any aspect of the picture.

• Repeat Steps 1 & 2: Look at the image again and try to list 10 more words or phrases to your list.

The Explanation GameObserving Details and Building Explanations

• Name it: Give what you see a name; what would you call this?

• Explain it: What could it be? What role of function might it serve? Why is it here? Why are we talking about it?

• Give Reasons: What makes you say that? Or why is that so?

• Generate Alternatives: What else could it be? And what makes you say that?

Think-Puzzle-ExploreActivate Prior Knowledge, Wondering, Planning

THINK: What do you think you know about this topic?PUZZLE: What questions or puzzles do you have about this topic?EXPLORE: How might you explore those puzzles?

You can now see the whole image. How has your hypothesis changed?

Think back to the beginning. What questions do you still have?

You can now see more of the image. What do you see that is new? How does this change your ideas about what it is? What new things are you

wondering?

Zoom-InDescribing, Inferring, Interpreting

Look at the small part of this image. What do you

see or notice? What do you think it is? What makes you

say that? What are you wondering?

Compass PointsDecision Making, Planning, Uncovering, Personal Reactions

Excitements: What excites you about this idea? What’s the upside?Worries: What do you find worrisome about this idea or proposition? What’s the downside?Needs: What else do you need to know or find out?Stance, Steps, Suggestions: What should you do next? What suggestions do you have?

Chalk TalkUncovering prior knowledge, Questioning, Connections

• Silently. Pass the paper around the members of the group. Write down anything you know, or your first impressions of the topic.

• Silently. Move around and look at all the responses of other groups

• Discuss. Make connections between ideas and on the line, write why you think they are connected

• Present. Share your connections with the class

3-2-1 BridgeActivate Prior Knowledge, Questioning, Distilling, Connection Making Through Metaphor

3 words to describe topic

2 Questions about it

1 Metaphor or Simile

3 words to describe topic

2 Questions about it

1 Metaphor or Simile

And many more....

I used to think..... but now I think....How has your thinking changed?

Growing DefinitionsDefining, Integrating, Summarizing

• Individually, write a definition for this word• With a partner, integrate your definitions and

create a new definition• With the members of your group, discuss and

rewrite the definition• With the whole class, decide on a group

definition that everybody is happy with

Sustainability Compass

Multiple Perspectives, Connecting

The 4 C's Connections, Challenges, Concepts, Changes

Connection Making, Identifying Key Concepts, Questions, Considering Implications• Read the text silently to yourself, or listen, or watch• Make Connections from parts of the text to your own life and

explain those connections to your group• Raise Challenges from the ideas or positions in the text; what

do you disagree with in the text? Explain your Challenges to your group

• Note the major Concepts from the text; what do you think is the major idea, or the theme? What is the big idea?

• Identify the major Changes that you experienced from reading this text; what changes in attitudes, thinking, or actions are suggested by the text? How will it change you?

• Jigsaw; find a partner from another group and share the ideas that you jotted down from your discussion

Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate: Concept Maps

Prior Knowledge, Organizing, Making Connections

• What is a concept map?• Generate a list of words, ideas, aspects, components, or parts that

are associated with the topic; write one idea per card• Sort the ideas by placing the most relevant cards in the middle,

and the less important cards on the outside• Connect your ideas by drawing a line from one card to another,

and on the line, explain your connection• Art Gallery• Choose a couple of cards that you think are the most important,

and brainstorm more details about that idea; use the markers and write on the table

• Art Gallery

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I'm right, you're wrong

• Find a partner (preferably one who has a different opinion than you)

• Choose a side for the debate (yes/no, for/against, etc.)

• Debate with your partner (Listen attentively and respond respectfully)

• Switch sides and debate from the other position

• Reflect; How did this method help you?• The Wright Way

Dialectical Thinking

Summarizing and Distilling

• Write one sentence that sums up the text for you

• What was one phrase that stuck with you?

• What word jumped out, or struck you as powerful?

• Share with the class

Sentence-Phrase-Word