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I was cleaning out an old computer file and came across two links to cool strategies I'd squirreled away for sharing some day. That day is today.
From the inimitable Glenn Wiebe: Somebody Wanted But So Makes Your Kids Smarter, in which Glenn shows how to adapt a long time ELA strategy that helps students learn how to summarize to social studies.
From Facing History and Ourselves: Color, Symbol, Image, a strategy that " invites students to reflect on ideas in nonverbal ways and encourages them to think metaphorically" by asking them to translate something they've read or watched into a color, a symbol, and an image.
You can find many more really cool strategies from Harvard's Project Zero's Visible Thinking website and Thinking Routine Toolbox. Some of my favorites include:
I love all of these strategies because they encourage students to engage with the material, to think more deeply, and to wrestle with disparate ideas and perspectives. Isn't that always the goal?
Do you have a favorite strategy or thinking routine you return to again and again? That makes Let me know and I'll share it out.
P.S. Don't forget to join Dylan Huisken today from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. for "Place Based Learning/Local Studies." (Attendees will earn 1 OPI renewal unit.) Sign up here before noon to get the Zoom link.
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