Headlines
Write a one-line headline that captures the heart of an idea.
Capturing the heart
What is Headlines?
Distilling routine. One sentence, one big idea, capture-the-essence framing.
Setup: What topic should the headline summarize?.
The prompts
- 1Your headlineOne sentence. Capture what feels most important.
Good moments for Headlines
- Classroom warm-upSurface what students bring before introducing new content.
- After a reading or videoConsolidate big ideas without testing recall.
- Discussion starterResponses become the seed material for the room conversation.
- End-of-session reflectionCapture how thinking changed.
About Visible Thinking
Visible Thinking Routines were developed by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (Ron Ritchhart, David Perkins). They are short structured protocols for surfacing thinking, not assessments.
Project Zero website