This tool shows four important conversation skills, their icons, and sentence starters to help students engage in purposeful and extended interactions.

Conversation Observation & Analysis Tool

This assessment tool helps users to observe conversations and take notes on what teachers are doing and can do, what students are doing and can do, and next steps.

Math Constructive Conversation Skills Poster

This tool helps students build four key conversation skills for working together on math ideas and problems.

Argument Balance Scale Visual Organizer (2D) (3D version)

This visual helps students to evaluate and weigh the evidence for and against two different positions.

Math Paired Conversation Protocol (PDF)

This tool guides pairs through an effective conversation to collaboratively solve complex math problems.

Argumentation Activities

This set of activities helps students practice their abilities to build and challenge ideas using evidence-based reasoning.

Causes & Effects Visual Organizer (PDF)

This visual helps students to engage in cause and effect thinking and assign values to their ideas.

SPEAKING & LISTENING

Stronger & Clearer Each Time Overview

This overview describes how to help students build language and content as they talk with successive partners.

Opinion Formation Cards (TV) (Cell phones)

This activity provides students with an opportunity to build language as they talk with successive partners to strengthen their opinions on an issue.

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