​The Making Meaning thinking routine asks learners to explore an already familiar topic, concept, idea, or event through connection making, wondering, building explanations, and synthesising in order to achieve deeper learning. This routine highlights the notion of building understanding in a collaborative way. This routine can be used:

• • When students bring a lot of prior knowledge to the topic, concept, idea or event
    
  • When the class has been exploring a topic, concept, idea or event for a period of time
    

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Documenting Thinking

In this routine, students are documenting and sharing their thinking at each stage of this routine before moving on to the next phase of the routine. Groups engage in a collective exploration of thinking through the use of a gallery walk at the end of the routine, in order to explore similarities and differences between the thinking of different groups. 

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THE ROUTINE IN ACTION

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The following images of how other teachers have used this routine with students of differing ages.

- Christina Sauchak

- Nicola Moloney with Grade 1

- Sheena Hall with Grade 2