Dive deeper into the collaborative activity, Four Corners, with Dr. Fisher.
On Day 13, you’ll not only watch a teacher explain the strategy to his students and invite them to participate, but you’ll also see students engaged in a collaborative conversation about a text that they read.
CLASSROOM TASK: PRACTICE A STRATEGY
Practice any of the strategies for including collaborative conversations in your instruction that we’ve been learning about in this series.
Reflect on your practice. As your repertoire grows, how are you feeling about making collaborative conversations a regular part of your instructional day?
This journal can be used to reflect on what you have learned as you develop strategies for engaging your students in collaborative conversations.
It’s not enough to have complex text in the room. Students need to read and discuss complex text.