Turn and talk

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What a beautiful weekend it has been here in Southern California! Today, we got our first hint of Fall. I love it! I hope everyone is doing well, especially all of our teaching friends who were impacted by Sandy. Things have been really getting exciting in my classroom. As I have mentioned before, we have been diving into non-fiction text features for quite sometime. We recently began writing our "Expert Books" on Bats. This theme was perfect for Halloween Week and we had so much fun doing…

I made a few freebies!!!! Who doesn't love a good freebie? The first item I made is a poster that can be displayed to help your students ...

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Getting your students to Turn and Talk is a great way to have all students engaged in conversation at the same time.

My first year teaching in first grade, there was no way I was trying turn and talks. I was just trying to survive! When I moved to kindergarten, I literally laughed at the idea of trying turn and talks in my Kindergarten classroom. They can’t do that! Boy, was I wrong! Done right, turn and […]

Teaching your class to turn and talk will impact teaching and learning all year long. With these tips, your students will become engaged active listeners and learners!

Rules for participating in turn and talks. Students can use the anchor chart as a reference to practice setting and enforcing these rules. Turn and talk can happen with fixed student grouping or flexible grouping.

I have been busy this week getting ready to do workshops at our county's New Teacher Orientation, so I've only gotten 4 chart ideas don...