Visible Thinking Routines

This is a support resource for Bill Roberts teachers to share successes / challenges and have a critical discussion about INQUIRY and how to make it work with the thinking strategies and backward design.

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Ideas, Thoughts and Wonderings

What I did: This was my first attempt at a thinking routine, and for some reason the terminology of the Think, Puzzle, Explore routine i...

See, Think, Wonder--take 2

What I did: Following our ant inquiry circle, I wrapped up our unit with a presentation, and finally with a see, think,...

Step Inside

Connect: As we've been studying different time periods of Colorado history the kids have been asked to synthesize all of their lea...

See Think Wonder

Connect - Just like with earth day and sending a message to students that earth day should be every day, I pulled this picture from...

Color Symbol Image

Connect- I read a story called Mardy Murie Did, written by Grandmother of Conservation. Mardy Murie was an environmental activist who a...

Headlines

What I did- I just finished teaching the students about earth conservation for earth day. Some of the topics included natural reso...

The Micro Lab Protocol

Connect: Having meaningful conversations is such a large focus in our classroom, and now that it is in the standards it is even more concret...

I used to think...now I think

Connect: While studying the Native American's of Colorado's past, I wanted to let the kids research and discover information on ...

The 4 C's

Connect: Our third & fourth grade interdisciplinary unit is around rights. One of the recommended texts is The Story of Ruby Bridges. ...

Sunday, May 5, 2013

What I think I Know About Farms

Connect: I decided to give the I used to think...now I think routine a try with my ECE students. I however felt the need to modify the routi...

What Makes You Say That?- Take 2

Connect: After using the "What Makes You Say That?" routine with my 4th graders surrounding a Volcanoes book, I decided it might ...

Step Inside

Step Inside What we did: As literacy teachers, the shift to Common Core State Standards puts more emphasis on...

What Makes You Say That?

Connect: I decided to focus on Predictions with my group of 4th grade intervention students as we were concluding a short novel in our Lit ...

Think Puzzle Explore the MOON by Kim

What I did: I had two groups who were studying the moon. It was a nonfiction unit. I wanted to help them clarify that some of the things ...

I Used to Think, Now I Think

I Used to Think, Now I Think Connect: I decided to use this routine in a different way with a group of 2nd grade reading intervention ...

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