ATL Skills:

• Creative thinking:  Transfer and apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes

• Reflection:  Build understanding of personal learning strengths and weaknesses

• Reflection:  Analyze one’s own and others’ thought processes to think about how one thinks and how one learns

• Reflection:  Consider ethical, cultural, and environmental implications of issues

1. I Used to Think…Now I Think - a visible thinking routine for reflecting on how your thinking has changed 

2. 3,2,1 Reflection & Exit Ticket Questions - 3 things you learned, 2 questions you still have, 1 challenge you faced

3. Microlab Protocol - this is a discussion protocol that helps you learn to listen deeply to other members of your group and to share your ideas without interruption

4. Reflective Conversation Protocol - this is a discussion protocol that centers around an essential question and that guides group members to a deeper exploration of the question

5. Traffic Light Reflection - this is a way to think through how well you understand a concept by thinking about that in terms of a traffic light (Green = I feel confident; Yellow = I am getting there; Red = I am stuck and need help)