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The On-Your-Feet Guide to Partner Talk (On-Your-Feet-Guides)

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Be clear with the children that there is no right or wrong answer. This helps to alleviate anxiety and promote discussion. When I started I found it helpful to include the times and questions in my lesson plan, but after a while it should become more instinctive.

Who goes with who is arguably the most important thing when it comes to using the talk partners strategy. There’s many different ways you can pair the children in your class – you know them best. Another benefit is the increase in thinking time. You might fall into the trap of not giving enough time for this. Properly planning to use talk partners ensures more thinking time. This then lead to more articulate answers, which leads to better engagement for all.Organising whole or small group talk interactions may require a management strategy to encourage participation of all students. Establishing the ground rules for talk and focusing on accountable talk are necessary areas to explore and re-visit with students. However, some classroom groupings include students who dominate talk or conversely are reluctant to participate. Both groups could benefit from a management strategy that makes participation explicit. However, even if your class used talk partners with their previous teachers, you need to introduce and model how it works in your classroom.

Use this strategy during your teacher input part of the lesson, or try it at another point ​when ​you think ​it ​would be beneficial. Why is it a good strategy? Try: “Artem, I saw you were really listening to Anna while she was talking because you were looking at her and asking questions. Great work.” Before posing the questions to students, make sure that you have strategically paired up students so that they can have thoughtful conversations. In general, typical students should be paired with students who are a bit above-average thinkers, and higher students should be paired with other students who are capable of higher-level thinking. ELL students should be paired with a student with grade-level/average vocabulary. Vocabulary in Context: Worksheets and strategy sheets that can be used to help students determine the meaning of words in context (great for test prep, English Language Learners or Vocabulary Lessons). In my classroom we changed talk partners every week. I recommend not keeping the same partners for more than two weeks. Planning for talk partnersAs for how long each instance takes, you want to keep the balance between maintaining the pace of your lesson but giving enough time for it to be valuable to the children. Try one minute for discussion and then two minutes to share with the class. Another tip is to put a timer on your board. Sharing with the class Thankfully, “talk partners” is ​a fantastically self-explanatory term. It’s when children partner up (though it can be more than just two) and discuss a topic. However, because it’s a classroom staple, you may not have thought any more deeply than, “This is a good thing to do, I’ll add it to the lesson plan.”

You will receive a PDF printable file with all 4 designs shown in the photos. You can print as many copies as you would like and you can even laminate them and use them like a dry erase board. The worksheet is 8.5"" x 11"" and will come as a flattened PDF file. These files are NOT editable. Think, pair, share is an easy and engaging talk technique. At any stage of the lesson, students may be asked to ‘turn and talk’. The purpose of the technique may vary. At the beginning of a lesson, students may be asked to think, pair, share early connections or predictions. During an inquiry, students may be asked to share ideas, challenges or opinions. While at the end of a unit of work, students might share their reflections.It’s very important to introduce talk partners correctly. Because it’s a common teaching technique, you might have a false sense that it’s already an embedded practice.

There are two main challenges that can arise with talk partners. First, the relationships between children. Partners can get stale, and some children don’t like talking to ​particular​ children. Another benefit of talk partners is the amazing opportunity it gives you and the other adults in the room to observe and listen to children doing something incredibly important: talking. Challenges you may face The doughnut technique is useful for the generation of ideas, perhaps before an individual brainstorm. It is also useful for recalling information, sharing anecdotes or offering opinions. 3. Talk tokens Even if that child isn’t the one to share the pair’s idea with the class, they still get the benefit of being more involved in the discussion. Although research has recognised that student engagement in dialogic talk, where students initiate questions and seek responses is an enabling strategy (Alexander, 2006), not all students participate or participate effectively.

However you do it, praise children who share. Fostering a healthy outlook on sharing ideas, and being respectful of others’ ideas, will do wonders for your classroom ethos. Examples of praise

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