H.E.L.P!!!

NUCC Elementary Summer Institute August 6, 2013

H.E.L.P

How am I

Ever going to

Learn these

Practices?!!

Take a deep breath!

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Baby Steps!!!

Organize to be comfortable.

Make your classroom a retreat for you and the kids. Consistent color scheme and patterns Home-like (pillows, pictures, quotes, etc.)

Everything in its place. Teacher toolbox (Stack On 22-drawer Organizer) Labeled drawers and cupboards

Supplies are accessible.

Routine, routine, routine

Practice, practice, practice!

Setting up Classroom Talk Norms

Consider your own experiences

Have you ever been in a class where you did not feel

comfortable contributing to the discussion?

What were some of the issues that contributed to this feeling?

In some classes, only certain students speak or provide answers.

Why might this occur?

What do you think is needed so that more students participate?

What is our goal?

Respectful Discourse

Equitable Participation

What on Earth does this mean???

Respectful Discourse

Talk is respectful when each

person’s ideas are taken

seriously; no one is ridiculed or

insulted, and no one is ignored

or browbeaten.

Equitable Participation

Participation is equitable when each

person has a fair chance to ask

questions, make statements, and

express his or her ideas. Academically

productive talk is not just for the most

vocal or the most talented students.

Do I really have to call on everyone?

“Equitable participation often makes teachers

uncomfortable. They do not want to call on shy

students or those that do not speak English

fluently. Yet if all students are to have a right to

learn the content with deep understanding,

teachers have an obligation to involve them in

the conversations.”

(Classroom Discussions Seeing Math Discourse in Action, p.51)

Student’s Rights and Obligations

You have the right to make a contribution to an attentive, responsive audience.

You have the right to ask questions.

You have the right to be treated civilly.

You have the right to have your ideas discussed, not you.

Students’ Obligations

You are obligated to speak loudly enough for others to

hear.

You are obligated to listen for understanding.

You are obligated to treat others civilly at all times.

You are obligated to consider other people’s ideas, and to

explain your agreement or disagreement with their ideas.

How do I introduce these Rights and Obligations?

Simplify:

Talk loud enough for others to hear.

Eyes on speaker.

Ask questions to make sense of the idea.

Think about what the speaker said.

Practice:

Just like everything else we do in our classroom, we will need to

set up expectations, procedures, and then practice, practice,

practice!

Sit up.Track the speaker.Ask and answer questions like a scholar.Respect.Smile.

S.T.A.R.S

GroupsGet alongRespect othersOn taskUse quiet wordsParticipateStay in your group!

How do I get my students to talk?

Math talk!

Provide classroom discussions that:

Help students clarify and share their own thoughts.

Help students orient to the thinking of others.

Help students deepen their reasoning.

Help students to engage with the reasoning of others.

Students were asked to find the relationship between a ratio and a percent using 50 pennies, a grid, and their minds.

Math Talk at work

Math Talk helps students clarify and share their own thoughts.

Turn and talk

Revoicing

“Say more…” “Can you give us an

example?”

Handout 1.2

Turn and Talk

Turn-and-Talk (also called partner talk or think-pair-

share):

You pose a question and ask students to

turn and talk to their neighbor about it

before discussing it with the whole class.

Revoicing

Revoicing(this is also called “verify and clarify”)

You ask a student to verify that your interpretation of a student’s

answer is correct.

Say More

“Say more . . .”;

“Can you give us an example?”

“Tell me more about your thinking.”

“Please give an example.”

Real Life

Mrs. Luizzi-Kindergarten (2.1b)

Mrs. Hayward-Kindergarten (2.1a)

Mrs. Foley-3rd grade (2.1f)

Ms. Luipold-4th grade (2.1j)

Mrs. Rowan-6th grade (2.1k)

Questions to consider:

What was the focus on in each video? Equitable participation,

respectful discourse, or both?

How did the teachers run the discussions about setting up norms?

How effective would this be in your classroom?

What suggestions do you have for adding or changing elements of the

discussion?

What are some important ideas you can take away from these lessons?

Questions to Encourage Deep Thinking

Read through the section titled “During the Lesson.”

Choose 3 questions that you could use in your class the first week of

school.

Turn and talk to your neighbor and tell them which 3 questions you are

going to use in your class.

On the back of your handout, write the three questions you will use so

that you may decide which will best fit your lessons.

Where do I go from here?

Planning and Projecting: Create a road map.

Choose one lesson to focus on in the first week of school.

Identify mathematical concepts, procedures needed, difficulties students

might have, and format of math talk you want to use.

Improvising and Responding

Step back and review

What significant points have been introduced during your lesson?

What do you need to review, reteach, or clarify?

Plan your next lesson.

Questions, Comments, & Inspiration

Thank you!!!

Feel free to email me with any questions.

Jen Robinson jerobinson@dsdmail.net Ellison Park Elementary, Davis School

District