From the Sidelines
The One Who Does the Talking Does the Learning
An App to Try
This is a formative assessment data extravaganza. Might be fun to explore!
A helpful YouTube:
What is QSSSA?
- Q (Question): The teacher asks a question.
- S (Signal): The students give the teacher a response (determined by the teacher) when they are ready to answer.
- S (Stem): The teacher provides a sentence stem to frame structure language.
- S (Share): Students are asked to share their responses with one or more peers.
- A (Assess): The teacher assesses the quality of discussion by selecting a few students to share their answers with the whole class.
QSSSA
Q- What is one thing I can do in my classroom to help students build academic vocabulary?
S- Thinker's Chin
S- Talk to a Partner
S- One thing I can do to help build academic language...
A- The person with the longest first name
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