Thinking+Stems

** Thinking Stems **
 * Metacognition **
 * Thinking about our thinking ||


 * v I’m __thinking__… **


 * v I’m __noticing__… **


 * v I’m __wondering__… **


 * v I’m __seeing__… **


 * v I’m __feeling__… **

** Schema ** ** Thinking Stems **
 * Making connections using our prior knowledge ||


 * o That reminds me of… **


 * o I’m remembering… **


 * o I have a connection to… **


 * o I can relate to… **

** Inferring ** ** Thinking Stems **
 * Schema & Evidence = Inference ||


 * § My guess is… **


 * § Maybe… **


 * § It could be… **


 * § This could mean… **


 * § I predict… **

** Questioning ** ** Thinking Stems **
 * Generate Questions Before, During, & After Reading 24/7! ||


 * ¤ What if… **


 * ¤ Why… **


 * ¤ I don’t understand… **


 * ¤ It confused me… **


 * ¤ How could… **

** Determining Importance ** ** Thinking Stems **
 * What matters most? ||


 * ¶ What’s important here… **


 * ¶ What matters to me… **


 * ¶ One thing we should notice … **


 * ¶ I want to remember… **


 * ¶ It’s interesting that… **

** Visualizing ** ** Thinking Stems ** Use Your Senses ||
 * Create Mental Images/


 * ¯ I’m picturing… **


 * ¯ I can imagine… **


 * ¯ I can feel… **
 * See…Smell… Taste… Touch… Hear… **


 * ¯ My mental images include… **

** Synthesizing ** ** Thinking Stems **
 * Changing your thinking along the way ||


 * Ç Now I understand why… **


 * Ç I’m changing my mind about… **


 * Ç I used to think ___, but now I think… **


 * Ç My new thinking is… **


 * Ç I’m beginning to think… **