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My students won't take enough ownership for them to productively work on their own.

I can't get through all the parts of the workshop model in a 45-, 50-, 60-minute class period!

I can't teach them everything they need to know in 10-15 minutes.

How do I know they are actually learning?

Won't it be loud?

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Student Focus

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Inquisitive Learning

Types of Questions

Inquisitive Learning

Resources

Google Classroom Random Student Selector

Easy Moves to see Substantial Shifts

• provide ample thinking/wait time both after the question AND subsequent responses (did you know that teachers typically only wait 0.8 seconds before accepting responses to questions!)
• use digital tools such as Nearpod, Padlet, and Google Question to ensure every student's voice can be heard and honored
• encourage Socratic Seconds, small group discussion where students can only ask questions of each other for a determined amount of time
• assume students have questions: instead of saying, "Does anyone have any questions?" say, "What questions do you have for me?"
• allow students to change their answers as their learning develops

All information in this section came from this document published by the Kentucky Department of Education. This document is a comprehensive collection of the latest data regarding Inquisitive Learning. It is a long read, but has tons of evidence supporting questioning in the classroom. “Questioning Evidence-Based Instructional Practices #5.” Kentucky Department of Education, 2022.

Source: Engadget

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+Discussion Structures and When To Use Them

Structures & When to Use Them

Academic Discourse

Digital/ Blended

Turn & Talk/ Pairs

Initiate, Response, Evaluation

Small Groups

Socratic Circles

Debates

Academic Discourse

Tips for ANY Structure

Explicitly MODEL how you envision the discussion will look and sound.

Set and revisit NORMS. This is a great opportunity for student voice and classroom community building:

Be clear with your EXPECTATIONS. Before discourse begins, students should know:

Academic Discourse

Resources

STUDENT RESOURCE: This slide deck is intended to be presented to students. It contains the WHY behind the importance of Academic Discourse, some common norms, and sentences starters to help students formulate questions and thoughtful responses.

All information on this page came from this document published by the Kentucky Department of Education. This document is a comprehensive collection of the latest data regarding Academic Discourse. It is a long read, but has tons of evidence supporting questioning in the classroom. “Questioning Evidence-Based Instructional Practices #4.” Kentucky Department of Education, 2022.

STUDENT RESOURCE: Make a copy of this graphic organizer you can share with students to help them stay on track and makes the most of their discourse.

The amazing Caitlyn Tucker created this resource: 5 Strategies for Facilitating Small Group Instruction

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Parlay

Padlet

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Activating Background Knowledge

RESPONSE JOURNALS

Classkick or just a plain Google Slide Deck will give students a place to keep thier thinking for future reflection

CONCEPT MAP

Jen Johnson demonstrates how to use Padlet as a template

KLW CHART

CATEGORY SORTER

free, customizable template from Matt Miller, Ditch That Textbook

free, customizable template from Eric Curtis, controlaltachieve.com

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the STRATEGIES

As secondary educators, we are passionate about our content. In the past, a teacher's enthusiasm provided an engaging figure for students to watch and interact with for that class period. However, social media now allows our students countless hours of entertainment on-demand and interaction with people way more exciting than teachers. (I'd rather be DMing with Taylor Swift , too!) Most of these strategies on this page require little to no prep but are guaranteed to yield high levels of INVOLVEMENT. Keep a couple in your back pocket for when you have an especially squirrelly class ~or~ search specifically for a strategy that aligns with a practice on which you are focusing!

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Getting Started Guides

THE TOOLS

Although lesson planning should always begin with the learning, at some point, you need to decide which digital tool you want your students to use. Check out the guides below to get started.

CLasskick

Actively Learn

padlet

Flipgrid

Flipgrid

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