​The Connect Extend Challenge routine helps learners to:

• • make connections between new ideas and prior knowledge
  • recognise ongoing questions, puzzles and difficulties
  • reflect on learning

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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.

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THE ROUTINE IN ACTION

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

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

Adapting the Language

You can make adjustments to the language of the Connect Extend Challenge routine based on the type of stimulus you are using.

As you can see from the template example on the left, I have changed the way I have scaffolded the question for students in order to prompt them to think in a particular way.