Routines for reading, thinking, and reasoning

Throughout the investigation notebook, there are introductions and directions for students (e.g. individual think-write, pair share, whole class discussion). Treat these as texts to be read by students. Having students read directions, make interpretations, put them in their own words, ask questions and/or clarify with a partner is another way to support the norm of reading and reasoning – even directions can be read and made sense of! This ensures the students are continually doing the ‘heavy lifting’ of sense-making and monitoring their comprehension of the tasks.