Irecently coined the phrase High Status/Low Risk share as an effective way to interrupt the status quo in the classroom in terms of which voices are considered “smart”. This move works well during turn and talk or small group work when I can listen in to the students...
Turn and talks are often one of the first strategies teachers use to get students talking in their math classrooms. To be honest, they’re often one of my first recommendations when I’m coaching teachers as well. In a teacher-centered classroom where students are used...
This video clip takes place in a fifth-grade class. The Metamorphosis coach has not worked with this teacher or class previously and she is new to talk moves. Before the lesson, the Metamorphosis coach met with the classroom teacher and her colleagues. They worked...
The teacher in the video has been practicing the usual talk moves—turn and talk, say more about that, and repeat back for about a month to cultivate listening skills and new habits for explaining their thinking and attending to a math problem until they understand it....
This installment of “Turn and Talk” takes us through detailed talk moves that center the students in classroom discussions. If you’re looking for quick tips to use in preparation for the state tests, the points excerpted from “Adding Talk to the Equation: Discussion...
