TALK READ TALK WRITE

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TALK READ TALK WRITE

Angelina Bouchard, M.Ed Sam Jamison Middle School

What is TRTW?

An instructional strategy for creating a language-rich classroom, while promoting active student engagement and success of all learners.

WHAT IS TRTW?

"The Talk Read Talk Write approach helps students meet and exceed the state standards for learning in all subjects while also developing the literacy skills needed for success in the 21st century. This practical resource gives teachers (K-12) a step-by-step guide to implementing structured conversation, active reading, and high quality writing in any class."

"If your teaching goal is to create a classroom where students do most of the learning and you become the facilitator of their learning, then this is the book for you. "

KH, Reviewer on Amazon

Author Nancy Motley (click for link)

"I love the TRTW structure because it prevents me from running a teacher-centered lesson and empowers ELs to explore the topic and communicate their own understanding. This practice also honors several of my Empowering Principles, which include teaching a process vs. teaching just content, allowing ELs to produce language instead of passively learning it, and allowing the content to be a context for using language. "

"This is a great strategy for any ELL learner it provides enough scaffolding to make my students comfortable and confident to use the academic vocabulary on their own. I also found that TRTW model allows for quick differentiation between groups and classes without changing the lesson objectives. I would recommend Talk Read Talk Write to anyone looking to increase their student participation and academic language in the classroom"

T. Huynh, Empowering ELL's

LR, Reviewer on Amazon

TALK

What do you know about quadrilaterals? Name as many quadrilaterals as you can in one minute.

TALK #1

1. Hooks students' attention
2. Prepares students for learning
3. Activates prior knowledge
4. Introduces the lesson objective
5. Low floor, high ceiling activity
6. Sets the purpose for learning

TALK #1 SHOULD BE...

OPEN-ENDED: but have structure/objective

QUICK: only 1-5 minutes

STUDENT-CENTERED: Relevant, authentic, novel

INCLUSIVE: low risk and non-threatening to all

SAMPLE TALK PROMPTS

SCIENCE

SOCIAL STUDIES

MATH

Brainstorm at least 3 ideas for how to be safe in science lab. How does your body respond to a foreign virus or bacteria?

Why is it important to use the order of operations? If you had to build a fence, how would you know how much material to buy?

What do you notice when you look at this picture? Do you agree with this statement? Why do your mom and dad work?

READ

Read silently to yourself and give me a thumbs up when you are done

READ

• Individual (no Round Robin or jigsaw)
• An entire selection

• Math: word problems, vocabulary, attributes, anchor charts, real-world examples of math
• Science: hypotheses, steps to experiment, diagrams with desriptions
• Social Studies: famous documents, fact sheets, informational text
• ELA: short stories, poems, etc

READ SHOULD BE...

DIFFERENTIATED: can have choral reading, chunking, visual supports, or partners if needed

BRIEF: 5-10 minutes, max

FOCUSED: students can highlight, take notes, or be given a Pay Attention To (PAT) list

PURPOSEFUL: connect to objective in a meaningful way,

TALK

Explain the attributes of this quadrilateral. You can use these sentence stems: I notice ________ The sides/angles are______: This is a ___ because___

TALK #2

✏The purpose of this TALK is to prepare for writing. 🧠Students are verbally processing the content. 📢Continue to utilize Turn & Talk, can ask specific students to share.

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TALK #2 SHOULD BE...

SHARED: give up to 10 minutes, responsibility for all to contribute

SUPPORTED: clear expectations, sentence helpers, small groups

RICH: can prompt students to defend/expand on their thinking, ask deeper questions

INVITING: non-threatening, praise contributions with specific feedback

SAMPLES OF TALK #2

SOCIAL STUDIES

ELA

SCIENCE

(Given picture prompts) This is a __. He/She helps ___. Choose one land acquisition and discuss how America today would be different without it.

Why do you think rule _ is necessary? Is this chemical equation balanced? Why or why not? This equation relates to the law of conservation of mass because ______.

Tell your connections to the text (TT, TS, TW) and the page number/paragraph of your connection. Create 5 similes using "like" or "as"

WRITE

Tell me about your favorite quadrilateral. Describe its sides, angles, features. What real-life examples are there of this quadrilateral? What makes it your favorite?

WRITE

Write to fully answer questions

Encourage use of complete sentences

Students use OWN words

Can have more than 1 correct answer, allow for individuality

Students can use graphic organizers

Demonstrate ALL they know

STUDENT WORK

What do you notice?

Is this a good example?

Why is this a good example?

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MODELING IS KEY!

Teacher can role play to introduce each part to the class, make eye contact, turn bodies toward each other, show a finished writing sample

LOOKS LIKE

Teacher can share their thinking process by speaking out loud, how to disagree politely, one person talking at a time

SOUNDS LIKE

Be sure to share non-examples of each stage: not participating, poor writing skills, off-topic discussions

NON-EXAMPLES

Use clear sentence stems/transitions, show a great example of final product, scaffold and gradually release as students learn routine

EXPECTATIONS

EXAMPLES

Multiplying Decimals

One Step Equations with Rubric

Dividing Fractions & Whole Numbers

Mixed Numbers

Elem. ELA

Graphic Organizer

SUMMARY

THANKS!

Time to practice!