Thinking Routines & Discursive Strategies:

The Concentus Collection

Here you will find thinking routines & discursive strategies to support different kinds and levels of thinking throughout a lesson. They can be sequenced and adapted to fit specific outcomes and learning targets. The thinking routines scaffold thinking steps and the discursive strategies guide dialogue and interaction as students construct meaning, independently and collaboratively.

Strategies for Daily Use

When woven into instruction, the first three strategies turn silent students and classrooms into inclusive, dynamic learning hubs. The 5 strategies that follow can help students to construct, share, deepen, and refine knowledge in any lesson.

Strategies for Exploring Multiple Perspectives

Carefully guiding student thinking and interaction as they engage in complex topics and issues is essential. These strategies provide the safety and certainty necessary for robust, brave inquiry and dialogue among diverse students and teachers.

Strategies for Reading, Listening, and Viewing

These strategies support students to engage in critical, creative, and self-reflexive thinking as they make sense of new texts and instructional materials in a lesson.

Strategies for Collaborative Problem-Solving & Decision-Making

These strategies support students to: gather, organize, represent, and deliberate their knowledge fairmindedly; make agentic decisions through collaboration and consensus.

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