A fantastic photocopiable "Think Sheet” (a.k.a. worksheet) for students to work on independently or collaboratively, in support of or as follow up from guided reading lessons on 3 different texts. One of my “Think Sheets” can provide learning for at least a week, depending on how you use it (see below.)

This think sheet won’t just involve your students in ‘Busy Work’ but engage them in activities where they have to think deeply and carefully about texts they have read. They will be thinking and questioning as well as building a toolkit of relevant thinking tools. There is a bonus blank organiser for a deep thinking skill included, that isn’t context specific and can be printed and made available for students to use across the curriculum.

Teachers can have students:

1. read and do all activities on the Think-Sheet OR choose from the activities

2. work on the activities individually, collaboratively or as part of guided group lessons

3. complete a specific task in order to practice using a set thinking tool from their thinking toolbox

4. practise a step by step strategy for a specific thinking skill