Spotlight on Strategies
Academic Conversation
The Importance of Conversation in the Classroom
Related Standards:
-Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and larger groups
Example: Conversation Dots
Challenge
Check out this article that looks into the history of talk in the classroom and how it has evolved. And to make you smile, here is an adorable video of two first graders having a purposeful, academic conversation.
How could you initiate purposeful, academic conversation in your classroom?
What digital tools could be used to keep the conversation going in the classroom?
Citations & Credits
Academic Conversations-Water Cycle-Himani & Keon. (2015, May 13). Retrieved February 19, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz1QTU8uTjI
A. (n.d.). Chapter 1. Why Talk Is Important in Classrooms. Retrieved February 19, 2017, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108035/chapters/Why-Talk-Is-Important-in-Classrooms.aspx
PA Core Standards Implementation. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2017, from https://www.pdesas.org/Standard/PACore