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Thinking Routines

Eighteen short, flexible, easy and engaging strategies designed to deepen students’ thinking about the topic at hand, whether it is a painting, an historical event, or a mathematical operation. These routines are meant to be used over and over again in the classroom so that they become part of the fabric of a classroom’s culture; they become the ways in which students go about the process of learning. 

To learn more, visit the Project Zero Artful Thinking website.

Thinking Routine "Cheat Sheet" 

​A list of all of Thinking Routines, with quick bullet points on how and when they can be used.

Comparing and Connecting

Headlines
Creative Comparisons
​Connect / Extend / Challenge
I Used to Think . . . Now I Think

Observing & Describing

Beginning / Middle / End
Looking 10 x 2
Listening 10 x 2
Colors / Shapes / Lines
The Elaboration Game

Questioning & Investigating

Think / Puzzle / Explore
Creative Questions
See / Think / Wonder

Reasoning

What Makes You Say That?
Claim / Support / Question

Exploring Viewpoints

Step Inside
​Circle of Viewpoints

Finding Complexity

Parts / Purposes / Complexities
Complexity Scale

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Artful Teaching  is a collaborative project of the Juneau School District, University of Alaska Southeast, and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council.

  • Home
  • teacher resources
    • Why Arts Integration?
    • Image Collections
    • Artful Thinking >
      • Thinking Routines
      • Jessica Ross at JSD
    • Arts Standards and Curriculum
    • JAHC Teaching Artists and Events
    • JSD Art Kits
    • Useful Links >
      • Art Image Resources
  • learning opportunities
    • ArtLabs & Calendar
    • Teaching Artist Support
  • ArtStories
  • Partnerships
  • About