In last week’s blog, I detailed Part 1 of our mini-series on How to Teach Discussion. If you didn’t read that yet, I encourage you to do so! Click here to check it out!
Part 2 this week is what you should do next to continue to explicitly and systematically teach kids to discuss! Here we go!
Day 6
- Break students into groups of three to practice Quality of Comments and Text Dependent Responses simultaneously
- Provide feedback to small groups and debrief
Day 7
- Teach Active Listening
- Model for the class examples and non-examples of Active Listening
- Debrief Active Listening
Day 8
- Break students into groups of three to practice Quality of Comments, Text Dependent Responses and Active Listening simultaneously, using a very simple prompt
- Provide feedback to small groups and debrief
Day 9
- Repeat Day 8 until firm
Day 10
- Provide more intense prompts for practice
- Firm-up Quality of Comments, Text Dependent Responses and Active Listening through practice and focused feedback
- Repeat Day 10 as needed