Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
Over the next few weeks I am going to be writing a series of blog posts on improving student discussion. This is in response to all of the great feedback I received from my post on 7 strategies for getting quiet students to talk in discussions and 3 ways to get your students talking. I’ll be covering: Measuring Student Discussion… Read More
Wait, you want your students talking in your classroom? Isn’t it a struggle enough to get that overly talkative kid to STOP talking? Let’s be honest, that kid that won’t stop talking is never going to completely stop talking, and you shouldn’t want them to. Student talk in the classroom is incredibly important for vocabulary development, building classroom community, writing,… Read More
Podcasts are a modern adaptation of the classic radio broadcast, but have a HUGE variety of potential uses in classrooms even in the elementary school classroom. In terms of 21st Century Skills, communicating ideas in a clear, engaging way is critical, and podcasting incorporates so many other 21st century skills in addition to communication: flexibility, technology literacy, media literacy, information… Read More
Do you find that you, not your students, are the one doing all of the talking during your interactive read alouds? It’s a read aloud, teachers are supposed to do the talking right? Kind of. When I was a new teacher, I did almost all of the talking during a read aloud other than the odd question to prompt hand… Read More