A Beautiful Mess

Where Thinking Routines and Cultures of Thinking Collide

Why PZ?Why PZ?

Who we are… Kristen Kullberg

Middle School Language Arts Arts Integration Coach

Jodi Bossio

Educational Specialist Former Elementary/ Secondary Teacher

Mama always said…

But Ms. Frizzle said…

Then I saw a pillow that said…

Which made me wonder…

Can a mess be beautiful?

Our Throughlines

How can teachers untangle and navigate student thinking?

How can we use student work to align curriculum to our students’ needs?

How can we use student work to strengthen and evolve our classroom's Culture of Thinking?

Group NormsAssume good intent

Listen with an open mind

Share the air

Thinking Routines“…thinking routines: simple strategies for

scaffolding thinking that were designed to be woven into a teacher’s ongoing classroom practice.”

Ritchhart, Making Thinking Visible 2011

CSILearning goal: This exercise

asks learners to determine a color, symbol, and image that “captures the essence of an idea”.

(Ritchhart, Church, Morrison).

Kindergarten Example

5th grade Example

8th grade Example

On the template provided, create your own CSI that you believe

captures the essence

of the following poem…

Your turn!

When Whitman wrote, “I sing the body electric”

I know what hemeantI know what hewanted:

to be completely alive every momentin spite of the inevitable.

We can’t cheat death but we can make itwork so hardthat when it does takeus

it will have known a victory just asperfect asours.

Partner UpShare out on your CSI with a partner. Prepare

to report back to the larger group.

What do Thinking Routines look like in

action?How does this translate into a

Culture of Thinking?

Ms. Bogosian’s 2nd Grade Classroom

Dual-language immersion English classroom

80% English language learners

2 students with Individual Education Plans (accommodation plans)

First year-teacher at Sacred Heart School, 2nd year in education (introductory level exposure to Project Zero)

Things to Consider…

What type of thinking

routine will work best?

What type of thinking

are we asking students

to do?

The Beginning…Standard and Objective:

SWBAT identify and describe characteristics of different types of landforms.

Building…What comes next?

After the first thinking routine, come what may…

What’s next?How can I access and activate student thinking?

How can I incorporate PZ principles to build content knowledge?

http://youtu.be/PGFnvHnc-Yshere

http://youtu.be/u7bwzoerCwE

http://youtu.be/oU5h4yKM0Dk

Step Into Second Grade

What did you see?

What surprised you?

What are you still wondering about?

Evolving… How can we

redirect output to the learning objectives?

http://youtu.be/s_3-2lWOSf4

What next?

How can we guide their thinking?

What would you do next?

Think, Pair, Share

What we did next…

And the reflection is ongoing…

Ms. K’s 8th Grade LA Class

Profile of 8th Grade Class80% English language learners

100% second language learners

3 students with Individual Education Plans (accommodation plans)

8th year-teacher at Sacred Heart School, 9th year in education (proficient exposure to Project Zero)

https://vimeo.com/home/myvideos

Step Inside 8th Grade

What did you see?

What surprised you?

What are you still wondering about?

Still waters run deep…

What is your piece of driftwood?

Beautiful

(Mess)