This document introduces thinking routines that can be used in the classroom. It provides an overview and examples of the CSI thinking routine where students use Color, Symbol, and Image to synthesize and organize ideas. It also discusses the "Zoom In" routine for introducing and exploring ideas in more detail. Students are guided to notice details, develop hypotheses, and ask questions about what they see. The document suggests resources for learning more about visible thinking routines and concludes by providing background on a painting and essay discussed as examples.
10. With This Big Idea in Mind...
Choose a color to represent your
big idea
11. With This Big Idea in Mind...
Choose a color to represent your
big idea
12. With This Big Idea in Mind...
Choose a color to represent your
big idea
Create a symbol to represent
your big idea
13. With This Big Idea in Mind...
Choose a color to represent your
big idea
Create a symbol to represent
your big idea
14. With This Big Idea in Mind...
Choose a color to represent your
big idea
Create a symbol to represent
your big idea
Draw an image to represent
your big idea
25. Resources
Ron Ritchhart
The personal website of Ron Ritchhart
Visible Thinking
Harvard research on Visible Thinking
Visible Thinking
Harvard Research on Visible Thinking
Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote
Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All
Learners
by Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, and Karin Morrison
26. Resources
History on the Net
Yeames painting and background information
A Priceless Lesson on Humility
Filipe Morales story of humility that he shared with the
“This I Believe” series on NPR
Editor's Notes
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After listening to the essay - Take a minute or two to jot down some big ideas that stand out to you in this essay and choose one.\n
Take three sticky notes:\n1) Color\n2) Symbol\n3) Image\n\nSymbol vs. Image: \nSymbol: simple and quick representation of your big idea (App on an I-phone)\nImage: Scene depicting your big idea (photograph, painting, etc.) \n\nShare CSI and tell why you chose them\nTry to talk for the whole 2 minutes\n\nShare out! (2-3)\n\nRemember:\nSynthesizing - Big Ideas\nOrganizing - making connections to what you already know and understand\n
Take three sticky notes:\n1) Color\n2) Symbol\n3) Image\n\nSymbol vs. Image: \nSymbol: simple and quick representation of your big idea (App on an I-phone)\nImage: Scene depicting your big idea (photograph, painting, etc.) \n\nShare CSI and tell why you chose them\nTry to talk for the whole 2 minutes\n\nShare out! (2-3)\n\nRemember:\nSynthesizing - Big Ideas\nOrganizing - making connections to what you already know and understand\n
Take three sticky notes:\n1) Color\n2) Symbol\n3) Image\n\nSymbol vs. Image: \nSymbol: simple and quick representation of your big idea (App on an I-phone)\nImage: Scene depicting your big idea (photograph, painting, etc.) \n\nShare CSI and tell why you chose them\nTry to talk for the whole 2 minutes\n\nShare out! (2-3)\n\nRemember:\nSynthesizing - Big Ideas\nOrganizing - making connections to what you already know and understand\n
Take three sticky notes:\n1) Color\n2) Symbol\n3) Image\n\nSymbol vs. Image: \nSymbol: simple and quick representation of your big idea (App on an I-phone)\nImage: Scene depicting your big idea (photograph, painting, etc.) \n\nShare CSI and tell why you chose them\nTry to talk for the whole 2 minutes\n\nShare out! (2-3)\n\nRemember:\nSynthesizing - Big Ideas\nOrganizing - making connections to what you already know and understand\n
Take three sticky notes:\n1) Color\n2) Symbol\n3) Image\n\nSymbol vs. Image: \nSymbol: simple and quick representation of your big idea (App on an I-phone)\nImage: Scene depicting your big idea (photograph, painting, etc.) \n\nShare CSI and tell why you chose them\nTry to talk for the whole 2 minutes\n\nShare out! (2-3)\n\nRemember:\nSynthesizing - Big Ideas\nOrganizing - making connections to what you already know and understand\n
Take three sticky notes:\n1) Color\n2) Symbol\n3) Image\n\nSymbol vs. Image: \nSymbol: simple and quick representation of your big idea (App on an I-phone)\nImage: Scene depicting your big idea (photograph, painting, etc.) \n\nShare CSI and tell why you chose them\nTry to talk for the whole 2 minutes\n\nShare out! (2-3)\n\nRemember:\nSynthesizing - Big Ideas\nOrganizing - making connections to what you already know and understand\n
