The eternal struggle! Great scientific approach to this Megan! Thank you! Lots of things I'll steal! Only thing I'd add is to give kids Socratic prompts and sentence starters as well as Blooms…
Take that, Doug Lemov! (See his Cold Call strategy) In general, I've had the most luck with small group discussions, either pairs or quads, and really clear instructions on what to do. Matthew Kay's book…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Megan and more importantly your strategies for improving student engagement. I have had some success with Think, Pair, Share and have found using games often brings students…
The eternal struggle! Great scientific approach to this Megan! Thank you! Lots of things I'll steal! Only thing I'd add is to give kids Socratic prompts and sentence starters as well as Blooms Verbs and to publically illustrate the awesomeness of the brave souls who ask good Qs (#BlessedAreTheAskers).
I really like these sentence starters. I am going to share them with my students this year and hope it will help them take the leap into joining discussions!
I really like these sentence starters. I am going to share them with my students this year and hope it will help them take the leap into joining discussions!