Quick Images

Routine: The teacher will click to display the image. The image will only be shown for 3 seconds. Once the image disappears, students are asked to tell the quantity or draw what they can remember seeing. When the teacher sees that most students have drawn all they can, he/she will click to display the image for three more seconds. Once the image disappears again students will continue drawing. At this time, students can compare drawings and either discuss in pairs or as a whole class how they developed their drawings. The Quick Images routine develops mental imagery, builds vocabulary, improves spatial memory, and teaches students to analyze mental images.

Quick Images is one of the seven high-yield routines discussed in the book by Ann McCoy, Joann Barnett & Emily Combs and published by NCTM. High-Yield Routines promote critical thinking, make connections and/or create discussion with the goal of getting all your students talking about math from the minute they walk into the classroom. The goal of the high-yield routines is to provide all of your students with an entry point to the discussion, problem & solution.