ACHIEVE3000 IS A PROUD PARTNER IN
Language Supports for Interaction
Often students have an idea of what they want to say but they are not sure how to say it.
On Day 5, Dr. Fisher invites you to add some language supports to improve your students’ ability to express themselves using academic language. Learn how to use language supports to facilitate the interactive process, including:
CLASSROOM TASK: TRY THE OPPOSITE
Try out the opposite partner experience from yesterday’s task in your classroom by adding it to a lesson. Let your students know what to expect ahead of time. Once they participate in it, watch how the students respond. If you used Response Cards yesterday, then use the Silent Interview today. If you implemented the Silent Interview yesterday, then today use the Response Cards.
Reflect on the experience and jot down your thoughts in the Professional Reflection Journal or elsewhere. Did you use any language supports? Reflect on whether those supports helped your students express themselves.
This journal can be used to reflect on what you have learned as you develop strategies for engaging your students in collaborative conversations.
These sentence frames can be used to improve student language during the interactive process.
There are all kinds of ways of getting students to commit to an answer and then turn to a partner to talk about their response.
