Β is a powerful thinking routine when students encounter βpuzzles of truth.β Students are provided with tools to navigate through editorials, biased news sources, and other informational outlets. By identifying key components of a story, whether found in the news or on the playground, students engage in conversations about where the truth could be misconstrued.
As always, when introducing a new thinking routine it is important to model for your students. As you are modeling marking up a text for students, make sure to verbalize your thinking in why you are marking zones red, yellow, or green (i.e. βHere the author is making a sweeping generalization of all teenagers, I am going to mark this as yellow.β)
This strategy translates well into a digital learning environment and could begin as an asynchronous activity. Students can use an online annotation tool, such asΒ ,, orΒ , to mark up their texts. For younger students, consider grabbing a snippet of text and bringing it intoΒ Β as an image. The initial annotation of text could occur asynchronously, with students returning to synchronous learning to discuss.
