1. Habit is a cable -- 2. Cooking habits -- 3. Start with your own students -- 4. Practical processes for teaching habits of mind -- 5. Teaching habits of mind -- 6. An artistic application of habits of mind -- 7. Habits of mind as character education -- 8. Using habits of mind to look "inside the text" -- 9. Foreign language instruction and sense-sational -- 10. Discovering habits of mind in mathematics -- 11. An integrated approach to teaching habits of mind -- 12. Creating thoughtful readers through habits of mind -- 13. Creating curriculum with habits of mind at the heart -- 14. Notes from the gym: using habits of mind to develop mind and body -- 15. Cognitive composition: thinking-based writing -- 16. Habits of mind and mathematical processes -- 17. Demonstrating habits of mind in the interactive notebook -- 18. Habits of mind and a journey into student-initiated learning -- 19. Increasing alertness: teaching habits of mind for transfer -- 20. Sustaining a focus on the habits of mind.