Gioacchini+Group+Discussion+Progress+1-30-14

=Gioacchini Group Discussion Update 1-30-14=


 * **Title**: ||< Group Discussion ||
 * **Subject**: ||< All subjects ||
 * **Grade**: ||< 3rd ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< All year ||
 * **Summary:** ||< The children will learn to manage their own conversation surrounding their reading and writing. They will thread their conversations together with the other children in the class. They will be able to connect their thoughts with their classmates and be able to agree and/or disagree with each other and be able to back up their opinion with text evidence. The children will also be able to manage their 'air time'. Students will be able to notice when fellow classmates are not participating and will invite them into the conversation without prompting from the teacher.

I spoke with the children about being aware when they are hogging the 'air time'. They have been a little better about restraining from talking if they have already spoken, however, they get so excited to participate that they forget. We talked about inviting reluctant students to speak. When the children remember they will invite other students to share their thinking.

My class and another 3rd grade class wrote a reading response to the same book then we switched reading responses to critique each others. We then all got together in our collaboration room and listened to groups of students from each class critique the two reading responses. The children did an excellent job of discussing the two different reading responses. || Rubric: Respectful comments? Air time? Speaking over each other? Giving 'Wait time'? Inviting reluctant students? ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< The children have been a little better about inviting reluctant students into the conversation. I need to have the children think and reflect on 'How's it going?" Are they being respectful of their peers in their comments? Are they watching their 'air time'? Are they not speaking over each other? Are they giving appropriate 'wait time' for the children who need more to respond and participate? Are they inviting the reluctant students to participate? ||
 * Objectives: ||< ** 3.29A, 3.30 & 3.31 ||
 * Assessment: ||< I will need to keep a chart / rubric of who speaks and whether or not they are following our group discussion expectations.
 * Resources: ||< * Questions posted around the room ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || I need to refine some of the questions the children are using and make them more responsible for their own part in the discussion. I need to have the children reflect on what they are doing during group discussions. ||
 * **Examples**: ||<  ||