7. Put some Ink in your Think!
1. Individual reflection sheet
2. Divide into groups
3. SILENTLY share ideas
4. Rotate
5. Review & Categorize
6. Share out
12. Using the Language of Thinking
Thinking word wall
Question stems posted
o “What if…”
o “I wonder…”
o “Can you imagine?”
13. How do we nurture
student thinking?
11 questions in 25
seconds?
14. Attend
to the
question
Bring into
working
memory &
decode
Search for
connection
in long-term
memory
m
a
t
c
h
Think
through
question
and
formulate
answer
Respond
aloud
11 questions in 25
seconds?
15.
16. Internal- prefer to have their
responses formulated perfectly
before saying them aloud
o Require quiet time for their
processing
External- talk through their
answers orally
o Correct their answers as they’re
saying them aloud
23. Making Students
“Response-able”
Hold them accountable for the
learning
o White boards
o Hold-ups
o Signals
o Ink Think
o Turn & talk
o Clickers
Teach them the skills of
discussion
24.
25. Give Students Tools To Have
A Productive Discussion
MODEL! MODEL! MODEL!
Provide thinking stems or or or
or sentence starters
Start small & build on it
Pairs
Small
Groups
Whole Group
26. Student bOUnCE Card
Bounce an idea off of what your
classmates have said
Sum up what was just said in a shorter
version
Ask questions to better understand what
your classmates mean
30. Norms of a Thinking Classroom
Purposes of Questioning
Use teacher questions to prompt your thinking,
not to guess the teacher’s answer.
Use mistakes as opportunities to learn: this is a
risk-free classroom.
Use follow-up questions to think about and self-
assess your first response and to modify or extend
your thinking.
Be open to wonder and ask, not just to know
and answer.
31. Norms of a Thinking Classroom
Wait Times
Use the pause following the asking of a
question to think and to formulate your
response.
Use the pause after your answer to reflect
and add to or change it.
Use the pause following a classmate’s
answer to compare it with your own. Be
ready to agree or disagree and to add your
ideas.
32. Norms of a Thinking Classroom
Participation
Listen with respect to other points of
view in order to fully understand and
learn.
Share what you think so others can
learn from you.
Monitor your talk so others can
contribute.
36. Choose one of these pictures and compare it to a culture of
thinking using this sentence starter:
A thinking culture is like a _____ because _________.
37. Today’s Learning
Target:
→ I can use at least 3 strategies to create a
culture for thinking in my classroom.
: I ‘m overloaded; let’s get together!
: I’m ready to use at least 1 of these strategies
in my classroom!
: I can’t wait to use several of these strategies
& email my DSD about how it goes!
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