Directions

Read about Mind Frame 5.  After you have read about the mind frame, complete the activity at the bottom of the page in your Zombie Survival Guide.  

Key Question:  How do you create discussions with and among your students?  

Guiding Questions:  What does it sound like when students have mastery of the skill?  What questions will students ask as they begin to understand the concept?  Who will do most of the talk at various points in my lesson? How will students know that I am listening to their feedback and acting on it? 

An important aspect of teaching students is listening to students' learning.  Teachers need to listen to students ask questions, share ideas, share struggles, engage with strategies for learning, participate in peer conversations, and produce products based on the learning.  Students learn material when they are engaged to use the academic language of the content, justify the procedures of the strategies, and explain how the concepts are connected to prior learning.  Formative feedback is a benefit to lower level learners and can work to extend learning for students who are at mastery.  

Benefits of Having Students Talk About Their Learning 

• Builds knowledge

• Links knowledge to new learning

• Makes connections between different areas of learning

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