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Increasing Discussion with Wordless Books

Increasing Discussion with Wordless Books

July 1, 2020

Picture this: You have the most well-thought out lesson plan for your read aloud complete with questions that are designed to get your students talking and sentence frames to help your students answer your discussion question. You read the book and then try to get start your discussion and…CRICKETS. It’s happened to me MANY times. The one type of book… Read More

Filed Under: Discussion, Oracy, Picture Books, Picture Books, Read Alouds 2 Comments

Wait Time in Student-Centered Discussion

Wait Time in Student-Centered Discussion

June 24, 2020

How many times does this happen? You’re having a classroom discussion, your students are talking and then…crickets. You’re a great teacher, so you know that you need to provide adequate wait time, but that silence is deafening. All too often, I used to jump in and provide an idea or add a follow-up question to try to keep the conversation… Read More

Filed Under: Discussion, Oracy, Picture Books, Professional Development, questioning, Read Alouds, Reading Leave a Comment

Virtual Read Alouds with Google Slides

Virtual Read Alouds with Google Slides

April 26, 2020

Have you tried to do virtual read alouds? Maybe you’re doing virtual read alouds because of distance learning due coronavirus pandemic/ Covid-19. Perhaps you’re in the classroom and you’re trying to simplify your read alouds. Regardless of your situation, Google Classroom, Google Slides, and Google Docs can be powerful tools to make your life easier and engage your students with… Read More

Filed Under: digital classroom, Discussion, Distance Learning, Picture Books, Read Alouds, Reading, Technology 12 Comments

Virtual Classroom Discussions

Virtual Classroom Discussions

March 31, 2020

Not all classrooms are face-to-face, but discussions are still very important. It helps students share their ideas, hear new ideas and learn how to respond respectfully to new ideas. Learning is constructive! Distance learning or virtual learning is becoming more and more prevalent at all levels of education, so providing opportunities for virtual classroom discussions is essential. In previous blog… Read More

Filed Under: Discussion, Distance Learning, Oracy, Technology 5 Comments

How to Use Google in Your Read Aloud Lesson Plans

How to Use Google in Your Read Aloud Lesson Plans

July 21, 2019

Generally read alouds and technology have never really meshed. With the advent of distance learning or virtual learning as my district calls it, we’ve learned that they do indeed mesh. You read aloud a book. Maybe it’s an e-book that you might play on BookFlix or Youtube or the like. Or even more scarce in our increasingly more digital classroom… Read More

Filed Under: Back To School, digital classroom, Discussion, Read Alouds, Technology 3 Comments

Improving Student Discussion Pt. 4 Decreasing Teacher Talk

Improving Student Discussion Pt. 4 Decreasing Teacher Talk

March 3, 2019

As teachers, we talk a LOT more than we realize. During student discussions, though, we really need to let the students talk. In this post I’ll be focusing on some of the main reasons that teachers jump into discussions and ways for decreasing teacher talk. It may not be easy, but you can do it! Watch how your student discussions… Read More

Filed Under: Discussion, Oracy 1 Comment

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