Here’s What, So What

Here’s What, So What

Teacher Toolkit Thinking Routines and Discursive Strategies Here’s What, So What, Now What, Huddle Who is this for? Grade 3+ Why use it? To examine key ideas, data, evidence and findings more deeply Bloom’s Level Apply What is it? This routine supports...
Sentence, Phrase, Word – Upper

Sentence, Phrase, Word – Upper

Teacher Toolkit Thinking Routines and Discursive Strategies Sentence, Phrase, Word (Upper) Who is this for? All grades Why use it? Students identify a sentence, phrase and word that connects to the main theme/issue. Students can make predictions and help identify the...

Troika

Teacher Toolkit Thinking Routines and Discursive Strategies Troika Who is this for? Middle Years + Why use it? Develops two skills: Listening carefully, thoughtfully, humbly for a sustained period of time. Sharing wisdom, skills, and energies with one another, to the...

Widening the Aperture

Teacher Toolkit Thinking Routines and Discursive Strategies Widening the Aperture Who is this for? Grade 4+ Why use it? Surface their shared knowledge and assumptions Activate their intellectual empathy to consider the question or problem from alternate points of view...
Tug of War

Tug of War

Teacher Toolkit Thinking Routines and Discursive Strategies Tug of War Who is this for? Grade 3+ Why use it? To understand a problem’s complexities and points of view Apply research findings Deepen understanding of key concepts Test strength of arguments and evidence...
Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

Teacher Toolkit Thinking Routines and Discursive Strategies Fantastic Four Who is this for? Grade 3+ Why use it? Applied to a text related to the issue/inquiry focus: Provide purposes for reading, viewing, or listening Activate critical, creative, and contextual...
Discursive Strategies