Thinkers+Toolbox

Thinker's Toolbox: we work in class to expand and strengthen our thinking skills to increase the tools in our toolbox. Here are an example of some of our tools.

observing, cause and effect, planning, compare/contrast, classifying, predicting, decision making, imagery, logical reasoning, finding patterns, brainstorming, analyzing, determining importance, creating

Throughout the year, I'll give direct instruction in these skills as well as immersing them in the context of all lessons.

Another new dimension to supporting my students in becoming the best thinkers they can be is modeling effective great thinkers. We will be learning about top thinkers in history and the habits of mind and thinking skills which helped them acheive greatness.

When we do "exit ticket" at the end of class, each student choose from this list to complete the sentence " A thinking skill I used today was......."