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  • Teacher Toolbox
    • Thinking Routines
    • Comprehension Strategies
    • Metacognition Strategies
    • Discourse Strategies
    • Formative Assessments Strategies
  • Professional Resources
    • Common Core
    • Cultures of Thinking
    • Life-Long Learners
    • Reading & Vocabulary
    • Standards Based Grading
    • Writing
  • Our Journey
    • Hart Middle School
    • Reuther Middle School
    • Rochester High School
    • Van Hoosen Middle School
    • West Middle School
  • Creative Ideas
  • Conferences
    • Moving Learning Forward 2015 Conference
    • Moving Learning Forward 2014 Conference

Red Light, Yellow Light 

A routine focusing students on possible errors in reasoning.
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Description:
Red Light, Yellow Light thinking routine is about becoming more aware of moments that offer signs of possible non-truths.  Using red lights (something that makes you stop and doubt its accuracy) and yellow lights (something that might make you slow down and question its truth) helps students develop how to see the falsehoods and how to handle them.  This strategy can be used in many different ways to increase awareness of possible non-truths in topics, claims, ideas, and conclusions.

How to Use the Strategy:

Refer to pages 185-190 in the book Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners.

Access online instructions here at Harvard Project Zero.

See the routine in practice here at Harvard Project Zero.

Content Applications:

Resources
Download these resources to use in your classroom. 
Red Light, Yellow Light Poster.pdf
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