1. Presented by Kacey Edgington
Talk Tasks
Presented by Kacey Edgington
12:00-12:10 (Slides 1-6)

2. Ask Questions and Construct Answers
Working Agreements
Ask Questions and Construct Answers
Engage Fully and Embrace Discomfort
Integrate and Construct New Information
Open Your Mind to Diverse Views and Value Others’ Strengths
Utilize What You Learn, Share it, and Feed it Back 3

3. Benefits of Discussion
When encouraged with meaningful activities and questions, children often do express, compare, and challenge their views and discuss social justice issues among themselves and with teachers.
What are some of the other benefits of classroom discussion?
Popcorn other ideas of the benefits
See paper on benefits The Guardian

4. We All Talk, So We Can All Learn.

5. Discussion Guidelines
Always respect each other’s ideas.
Be prepared to change your mind.
Come to a shared agreement.
Clarify, challenge, summarize, and build upon each other’s ideas.
Invite someone to contribute by asking a question.
Show proof of listening.

6. Wait Time
Recommend 3 seconds but we usually do about 1.5 seconds

7. Ping Pong or Pinball
Which metaphor represents classroom discussion in your class? Which one is more effective? Why?

8. All I Want for Christmas is Content Reading

9. C3 Teachers College Career and Civic Life
12:10-12:30: (Slides 7-8) Pass out copies of this article
Explain the site (content and grade specific)
Relevant content supports relevant discussion
Benefits of this site: inquiries tab and use the filter for K-12 grade level and topic, supporting questions and formative tasks and sources provided over multiple days, summative performance task around the compelling question

10. C3 Teachers College Career and Civic Life Resource
Grade level and topic specific
Supporting questions with formative tasks and sources
Summative performance task around the compelling question
Lesson spans over multiple days

11. How do Families Change Over time?
Strategy: Conver-Stations
Lesson Objective: Move students during small group discussions to deepen conversations
Length: 3 minutes
Questions to Consider:
How does this strategy encourage student-led conversations?
What are the benefits of using movement during class discussion?
How could this strategy be adapted to other activities?
Bring photos or artifacts and poster paper.
Switch twice to discuss and third rotation is answer the questions in drawing or writing
Formative Performance Task Supporting Question 3: List three ways that families change over time. Draw a then-and-now picture to illustrate one of the ways.

12. Listenwise 12:30-12:45 (Slides 9-10) Set up site/speakers
Benefits of site: science, social studies and ELA content specific, current events, middle and high school specific (high, medium and low), listen speed can be adjusted to make it slower, NPR story, short answer quizzes, interactive transcripts, listening comprehension quizzes, online student assignments, standards-aligned lessons, ELL supports, related content lesson
Although it is an middle and high school resource the content is relevant for primary because it is all through speaking and listening
Listen first

13. Listenwise Resource
Content: science, social studies and ELA around current events
Leveled for middle and high school (high, medium and low)
Listening speed can be adjusted
Short answer comprehension quizzes
Interactive transcripts
Online student assignments
Standards-aligned lessons
ELL scaffolds with vocabulary
Other stories suggested around the same content

14. In Your Opinion, Should Animals Have the Same Rights as Humans? Why?
Strategy: 2 Corners and High-Five
Lesson Objective: Clear articulation and dialogue between differing opinions
Length: 3 minutes
Questions to Consider:
How does this strategy encourage student-led conversations?
What are the benefits of asking a controversial question?
How could these strategies be adapted to other activities?
Describe both strategies: 2 corners and high five
Differing opinion corners- discuss with “like” group
Find a partner- discuss differing opinions
Find

15. NewsELA Pass out copies of this article Starts at third grade
Pass out copies of this article
Starts at third grade
Lexile level changes
Different content areas to choose
Quizzes, annotation notes
Read aloud if K-2 students
Younger students could read one paragraph

16. NEWSELA Resource Starts at third grade Lexile level can be changed
Variety of content areas
Current news
Text sets available
Quizzes, writing prompts and annotation notes available

17. What Conclusions Can You Draw From the Information in this paragraph
What Conclusions Can You Draw From the Information in this paragraph? What Details support Your Thinking?
Strategy: Modified Fishbowl
Lesson Objective: Clarify, challenge, summarize and build on each other’s ideas and share proof of listening
Length: 3 minutes
Questions to Consider:
How does this strategy encourage student-led conversations?
What are the benefits of having a partner during the fishbowl strategy?
How could these strategies be adapted to other activities?
12:45-1:05 Why does the author end the article with this statement? Explain.

18. Scholarly Fish and Fish Feeders
Structure:
Inner Circle: Scholarly fish addressing focus questions.
Outer Circle: Learners who provide the inner circle with “fish food for thought.”
Scholars may participate
2 -4 times before they switch roles with the leaner feeders.
Participants now form themselves into fishbowl groups
Remind them of the structure
10 volunteers

19. How will you Use these Resources in Your Classroom?

20. Resources http://www.c3teachers.org https://listenwise.com
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