What is the "Chin It and Spin It" instructional routine?
Chin It! Spin It! is an instructional routine that is used throughout the kindergarten level TouchMath program.
When?
- During guided learning and practice
- Informal pre-tests and formative checks
Why?
- Quickly check students’ understanding of the concept(s) being taught
What?
- Slate-sized whiteboards, chalkboards, or similar writing surfaces
- Dry erase markers, chalk, or similar writing tools
How?
- The teacher poses a question and provides thinking time
- Students use the slate to solve or answer the question
- When they are finished with their answer, or when the teacher directs them, they hold the slate up to their chin (with the solution side closest to their body) CHIN IT!
- When the teacher says “SPIN IT,” the students turn their slates around and show the solved side to the teacher.