Sometimes what you get is far more than what you first see. The third routine in the Building Community series asks participants to engage in a See, Think, Wonder strategy. Small groups analyze a projected image, infer what is happening, create a title for the image, and share their analysis with the class.

Concepts

social-emotional learning, close reading, inferences, making inferences, emotions, identifying emotions

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Instructional Ideas

• Instructors must find an intriguing image to project for the class; however, a link to the New York Times "What's Going On in this Picture?" feature is provided
• As pupils become more comfortable with the various routines, have a volunteer lead one of the opening or closing routines

Classroom Considerations

• Each of the routines, once learned, are designed to last from 5 to 10 minutes
• Third in a series of routines, designed to be taught in order, used at the beginning or end of a class
• Requires a projection device to display the image
• For those unfamiliar with See, Think, Wonder, a link is provided to a page that describes the strategy

Pros

• An overview of the routines, with objectives and suggestions for both face-to-face learning and remote learning situations, may be found by following the link in the Includes Materials Section

Cons

• None