High school designated eld student talk
Are you looking for ways to support your MLL's with structured classroom talk?
A list of structured discourse routines and protocols for increasing student talk, and limiting teacher talk. Pairs, triads & groups.
Pro/con
Student pairs brainstorm ideas and weigh the pros and cons of a topic
Stronger, clearer each time
Help students strengthen and clarify ideas on a topic
Jigsaw
Structured routine to break up a text/topic and allow individual students to become experts about their section and teach each other the key takeaways
Split dictation
Help students improve listening & pronunciation.
Numbered Heads
Keep students accountable while creating a more democratic participation structure
3 way interview
Similar to "Think, Pair, Share" but with the "share" part requiring students to report out what their partner told them. Promotes active listening and paraphrasing.
Learning Modules
Introducing Academic Conversations
HOW TO's: easy ways for teachers to facilitate student talk & limit teacher talk
talk moves
Prompts for teachers to use to facilitate the progression of a discussion amongst students
Beyond turn & talk
Prompts for teachers to become facilitators and to encourage student-student conversations instead of teacher-student conversations.
micro routines
Short peer interactions designed for information synthesis, no more than three steps, or six minutes long, and can be used across content areas.
basic phrases
In English and Home Language
Teach student interactions
A lesson sequence, rationale and a trove of effective routines and structures for collaboration and interactions
talk moves checklist
A short checklist of goals and talk moves for teachers to keep students talking in order to deepen their thinking
