Project Zero's Thinking Routines 

Thinking routines help to reveal students’ thinking to the teacher and also help students themselves to notice and name particular “thinking moves,” making those moves more available and useful to them in other contexts. 

Project Zero hosts a Podcast called Thinkability. It's available on Spotify or Apple. Subscribe here. 

The Project Zero Website is organized by the type of thinking (see images below). 

Each routine has a pdf of directions in English and Spanish. 

Want an alphabetical list of routines? Alpha List 

Pro Tip 1! Thinking routines are designed to support particular kinds of thinking, so it’s important to choose the right tool for the specific type of thinking skill to be developed or nurtured.

Pro Tip 12!Thinking routines are also designed to be used routinely. In the same way that physical exercises need to be repeated in order to develop certain muscles, thinking routines, used repeatedly, help students to develop certain kinds of thinking. Rather than using a different thinking routine with every artifact, consider using the same thinking routine (such as See, Think, Wonder) multiple times.

PRO TIP 3! As you use the thinking routines, consider how you (or the students) will document students’ ideas and questions. Return to these ideas and questions in subsequent class sessions, so that you and the students can see how their thinking and understanding are developing.