Making Thinking Visible @WaukeshaNorth1 in September

It's hard to believe that we have one month in and that I am providing feedback on our progress so far. Making thinking visible is our high leverage "look-for" when we come into classrooms and observe what our students are doing. Are we giving them opportunities to write? Are we giving them opportunities for verbal communication? Evidence of student thinking, rather than high levels of teacher thinking need to be the norm. In 28 visits, there was no writing observed. In 12 visits, students were not talking or engaged in verbal communication. Take a look below at what our baseline data tells us. Are there some quick wins and things you can do to help flip the visibility of thinking to our students? We will learn more about Webb's Depth of Knowledge at our October faculty meeting. Think about the cognitive demand and expectations of the tasks and the learning that is happening in your classroom. Lets continue to learn from one another and find ways to make student thinking visible.

Identify Student Group Format

Whole Group	31	52%
Individual	21	35%
Pairs	4	7%
Small Group	16	27%

Evidence of Student Thinking Through Writing

Worksheet	15	25%
Annotating Text (Interacting with Text)	3	5%
Using a Graphic Organizer (KWL, Venn Diagram, Taking Notes, etc.)	12	20%
Writing Process (Brainstorming, Drafting, Editing, Final Copy, etc.)	3	5%
Collaborative Writing, (Discussion Boards, Responding to Blogs, etc.)	0	0%
Journaling (Thoughtful Logs, Response Journals, etc.)	1	2%
Exit Tickets	0	0%
Student to Student Feedback	0	0%
Not observed at this time	28	47%

Level of Student Thinking - Writing

Recall and Reproduction	12	20%
Working with Skill and Concepts	19	32%
Short-term Strategic Thinking	9	15%
Extended Strategic Thinking	1	2%
Not observed at this time	25	42%

Evidence of Student Thinking Through Verbal Communication

Partner Discussion (Turn & Talk, Think-Pair-Share, etc.)	10	17%
Teacher-Led Discussion	22	37%
Student-Led Discussion (Socratic Seminar, Debating, etc.)	0	0%
Students Asking Questions	4	7%
Student Presenting (Formal or Informal)	4	7%
Conferring (Teacher:Student)	12	20%
Student-to-Student Feedback	8	13%
Not observed at this time	12	20%

Level of Student Thinking - Verbal

Recall and Reproduction	18	30%
Working with Skill and Concepts	27	45%
Short-term Strategic Thinking	9	15%
Extended Strategic Thinking	0	0%
Not observed at this time	12	20%