Conversation Playing Board
A "Reading Strategy" by Jennifer Serravallo
What is this strategy?
1). Each member of a group writes his/her thoughts about a passage on a sticky note.
2). Each member of the group choose his/her best thoughts on sticky notes and stacks them in a pile on an individual square of the playing board.3). One member selects an idea and places it in the center.
4). All members of the club think and talk about the idea in the center.
5). Move on to a new idea when there is nothing left to say about the one in the center.
Verbal Prompts to give students:
1). Check the center of the board.
2). Does what you just said match this?
3). Good job sticking to the topic.
4). Do you think we can keep going with this topic or is it time to switch to another one?
Conversation Playing Board Template
(as pictured above)