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This link will take you to the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards.

This blog post includes all 16 Habits of Mind, each with a tip, strategy or resource to understand and begin implementation in your classroom.

How do you engage students deeply in the content of the curriculum? How do you make them hungry for knowledge? How do you keep them coming back for more? By asking essential questions.

The Habits of Mind are an identified set of 16 problem solving, life related skills, necessary to effectively operate in society and promote strategic reasoning, insightfulness, perseverance, creativity and craftsmanship. The understanding and application of these 16 Habits of Mind serve to provide the individual with skills to work through real life situations that equip that person to respond using awareness (cues), thought, and intentional strategy in order to gain a positive outcome.

This PowerPoint presentation introduces enduring understandings and essential questions.