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Practicing Using Academic Language
So far, Dr. Fisher has introduced you to many different strategies for facilitating collaborative conversations in your classroom.
On Day 8, Dr. Fisher reviews the different strategies covered so far and shares how talking with a partner allows students to clarify their thinking and express themselves using academic language.
CLASSROOM TASK: PRACTICE A STRATEGY
Practice a strategy you’ve been using with your students to get them talking to each other using academic language. You can do a ReQuest, Think-Pair-Share, or a variation on that, or any other strategy we’ve explored thus far.
Watch how your students respond. Reflect on how they respond to having increased time to talk to each other.
This journal can be used to reflect on what you have learned as you develop strategies for engaging your students in collaborative conversations.
Download this guide to the traditional TPS and the variations that Dr. Fisher shared in today’s video.
We want students talking to each other for a significant amount of time during the day, every day.
