Connect Extend Challenge

Documenting Thinking

In this routine, students are generally sharing their thinking at each step along the way before moving on to the next one. This allows the class to build on the group's thinking and often results in richer discussions.

It can be very useful to document the thinking at each stage. If you are wanting to document thinking as your students engage with the routine Connect Extend Challenge then this template may be useful.

Here are some examples of how this routine can be used across the curriculum:

• History/ Geography/ Science: (see video to left)
• English/ History/ Art: (see video below)
• Maths: concepts and learning (see image below left)
• English: connections between forms or media and extending understanding of themes within and amongst texts

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