thinkalong toolkits

november 12, 2025

10:00-11:00 am CST

free live webinar

audience: district and campus administrators, teachers and teacher leaders

the recording will be available through the lead4ward dashboard learn more about the thinkalong toolkits

Are your warm-ups just filling time or building skills? The lead4ward thinkalong toolkits turn those 5-10 minutes into powerful learning moments. Instead of a new problem every day, students explore the same one over several days, approaching it from multiple angles. They’re easy to implement and follow a simple, consistent structure so they’re perfect for daily warm-ups to preview or review content.

What makes them different? Instead of using a new problem or passage each day, these warm-ups use the same one over several days to give students time to explore a concept from multiple angles. They learn how to approach any new learning with a repeatable process to get started, identify what they already know, work it out, transfer their learning to new scenarios, and write about it.

thinkalong toolkits are easily integrated into any curriculum! Whether students need support with complex problem-solving, high-impact concepts, or critical thinking skills, thinkalong toolkits provide creative strategies for:

looping back on important content
assessing where in the learning process students need support
deepening learning and promoting transfer
developing skills for answering short or extended constructed responses

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The result? Teachers get ready-to-use routines. Students gain confidence, critical thinking skills and stronger results on high-priority concepts.

stephanie zelenak

Stephanie Camarillo-Zelenak, Ed.D., is an experienced educational consultant who works with campuses, districts, and regional education service centers in the areas of designing and implementing teaching and learning systems, and much more. Read more–>