1. Rhonda Bondie, Ph.D. Fordham University rbondie@fordham.edu Rhonda Bondie, Ph.D. Fordham University rbondie@fordham.edu rbondie@fordham.edu

2. Look Label Sort Mix-up your sources and Look, Label, and Sort in a new way.

3. Sort it Out 1. Sort into groups or line up to create a pattern. 2. Record the labels of each way you sorted.

4. Create an Exhibition What would make an exhibition really worth looking at? Brainstorm qualities Choose qualities for today’s exhibition

5. Give your exhibition a title that inspires thinking about an important idea that your sources describe.

6. Visitor Describe Question Guess Sorter Listen Explain Revise The Exhibition

7. Standards Important Themes

8. Discussion How does sorting and the exhibition (viewing/receiving feedback) build understanding? Why might this routine be differentiated? How?

9. You’re invited to be… Adventurous

10. Adventurous  Explore alternative views  Open minded  Think with a wide scope  Seek understanding

11. You’re invited to be… Intellectually Careful

12. Intellectually Careful  Evaluate Evidence  Alert for errors  Check for accuracy  Corroborate information  Justify opinions with evidence

13. You’re invited to be… Collaborative

14. Collaborative  Share ideas with others  Ask clarifying questions  Value the opinions of others  Build learning through interaction

15. You’re invited to be… Strategic

16. Strategic  Set goals  Take action  Evaluate and revise plans  Use knowledge to make decisions  Reason through problems

17. You’re invited to be… Creative

18. Creative  Create novel solutions  Make unusual connections  Combine ideas  Rearrange elements into new patterns

19. You’re invited to be… Reflective

20. Reflective Compare a product to criteria Compare a product to criteria Evaluate a process Evaluate a process Seek understanding Seek understanding Gather other opinions Gather other opinions Consider relationship between parts and a whole Consider relationship between parts and a whole

21. You’re invited to be…

22. Sort it Out is a Thinking Routine Work the first time Work the first time Very few steps Very few steps Widely applicable Widely applicable Create engagement Create engagement Ageless Ageless Invoke high level thinking Can be made visible Can be used individually or in a group