I just love listening in on my students’ conversations! We’ve done four questions each day this week (rotating three times each day). It’s quick, but so insightful! This back to school version of Four Corners is the perfect way to discuss procedures, routines, and get to know my students’ preferences in an engaging format that lets them take ownership and be part of the decision making. Four Corners discussion questions are a guaranteed way to elicit the participation of all your students! These

One of the easiest game boards to incorporate in ANY lesson is the student lottery and my students LOVE it! It literally makes a not so exciting lesson, very exciting! 🙌 Today we used task cards in math (working on volume). As students answered questions, I circulated and asked them to write their initials on the board if they got the answer correct, showed their thinking, coached someone else, or showed a different way to solve a problem. *I sent a few extra for being active listeners! (That g

We used our Table Talk cards a little differently today and I loved the conversations that my students had! I put a few cards down at our small group table and they each took a turn picking one up and posing the question to the group. How do you promote talk in your classroom? These Table Talk Discussion cards CHANGED so much of the conversations had in our classroom which empowered my students. Each student has a “role” on the table mat to enhance and stretch each others’ thinking. They could a