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Thinking Routine Tool Box

This document outlines the phases of inquiry and provides questions to ask and thinking routines to try at each phase. The phases include: framing the inquiry, tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and reflecting and acting. For each phase, examples of questions to ask students are given to guide their thinking, along with thinking routines from the Visible Thinking toolbox to engage students in the inquiry process.

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Thinking Routine Tool Box

This document outlines the phases of inquiry and provides questions to ask and thinking routines to try at each phase. The phases include: framing the inquiry, tuning in, finding out, sorting out, going further, and reflecting and acting. For each phase, examples of questions to ask students are given to guide their thinking, along with thinking routines from the Visible Thinking toolbox to engage students in the inquiry process.

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Phases of inquiry

Visible Thinking Toolbox

Resources from Making Thinking Visible


Phase of Inquiry Questions to Ask Thinking Routines to Try
*From Kath Murdoch *From Visible Thinking

Framing the Inquiry ● Think, Puzzle, Explore


● What ideas,
questions, or ● See Think Wonder
• establishing a worthwhile suggestions do you
context and compelling question have? ● Question Starts
• Identifying conceptual ● What do you already
underpinnings know about this topic?
● Think, Pair, Share
• making links with the ● What might you want
system/school curriculum to learn more about?
● 3,2,1, Bridge
• identifying understanding goals ● How does our
• identifying key skills and learning fit into the
dispositions bigger picture? ● Generate, Sort,
• identifying possible indicators of Collaborate, Extend
understanding

*Clip Art from The Noun Project


Phase of Inquiry Questions to Ask Thinking Routines to Try
*From Kath Murdoch *From Visible Thinking

Tuning in
● Compass Points
• provoking interest, curiosity,
tension or ● How does this learning ● Creative Hunt
uncertainty connect to your life and
prior learning? ● See Think Wonder
• gathering data about students’
existing ● What theories might
you have about this? ● Question Starts
thinking, knowledge, feeling and
understanding ● What skills or
• helping students make knowledge might you ● Think, Pair, Share
connections with like to develop?
the key concept/s ● What do you think you ● 3,2,1, Bridge
• providing purpose, the big know?
picture and ● Generate, Sort,
authenticity Collaborate, Extend
• motivating, exciting, engaging

*Clip Art from The Noun Project


Phase of Inquiry Thinking Routines
*From Kath Murdoch Questions to Ask to Try
*From Visible
Thinking

Finding Out
● What questions do ● Peel the Fruit
● gathering new information to you have? ● Connect Extend
address the compelling question ● What would be the Challenge
● developing the required research best way to research
skills (MISO)? ● Color, Symbol,
● learning how to organize and ● Who could you talk to? Image
manage the process of finding out What could you try?
● having some shared experiences How else could you ● Think, Puzzle,
that will allow us to talk and share find out? Explore
our thinking with others ● How can you record
● stimulating curiosity through new your information in a ● Question Starts
experiences and information way that makes
sense? ● What Makes You
● learning how to record information
● What do you wonder? Say That?
gathered in efficient ways

*Clip Art from The Noun Project


Phase of Inquiry Questions to Ask Thinking Routines to Try
*From Kath Murdoch *From Visible Thinking

Sorting Out
● What do you ● Headlines
• comprehending – making understand now? ● What Makes You Say
meaning of the ● How could you share That
information gathered the information you
• revealing new thinking and have found? ● 3-2-1 Bridge
deeper understanding ● Who thinks similarly
about this? ● Generate, Sort,
• answering questions
● What patterns do you Connect, Extend
• reviewing/revising early
thinking and synthesizing see?
● Reporter’s Notebook
• interpreting the information and ● What do you wonder
communicating with others now?

*Clip Art from The Noun Project


Phase of Inquiry Questions to Ask Thinking Routines to Try
*From Kath Murdoch *From Visible Thinking

Going Further
● What tools do you ● Circle of Viewpoints
● opportunities for students to need to be successful? ● Peel the Fruit
pursue questions and interests ● What deeply interests
you? ● GSCE Map
arising from the journey so far
● learners work more ● How could you ● I used to think…
independently on investigate that
further? ● Perceive, Know, Care
investigations
● Which additional
perspectives could you
consider?

*Clip Art from The Noun Project


Phase of Inquiry Questions to Ask Thinking Routines to Try
*From Kath Murdoch *From Visible Thinking

Reflecting and ● How might you take


Acting action based on what
● Creative Hunt
you have learned?
● helping students apply their ● Who could you work ● Does It Fit?
learning to other contexts – to with to make a
● I used to think…
put the learning to use change?
● enabling students to reflect on ● What are the big ● Options Diamond
what and how they have takeaways from this
● 3-2-1 Bridge
learned and set goals for the learning experience?
future ● How could you have ● What Makes You Say
● assessing final understanding improved your learning That
and growth in skills process?
● How could you share
your understanding
with others?

*Clip Art from The Noun Project

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