The 16 Week Challenge - Week 13

Week 13: Nov. 11 - Deepening Student Discourse

This week is all about deepening student discourse - how do we help kids have richer, student-led conversations that actually lead to them learning from each other? Asking questions, pushing back, and taking notes about what they learn from their peers?

So, for your challenge this week, we'll explore what it means to foster discourse, and how we can make sure that when kids are talking, that talk is really, really good.

1. Begin by reading (or rereading) EL's 8 High-Leverage Instructional Practices, and read the row for "deepening student discourse."
2. Read about Conversation Cues here. And really read this - there's a lot of good information packed in here!
3. Watch Eric Snider lead a classroom discussion on the Teach Like a Champion website here. How does he put into practice a lot of what you read about in Conversation Cues? 

Completed that? Fantastic! You just completed your Week 13 Teaching Challenge. If you're working for that small prize, you can log your success here, and be sure to check back next week - Nov. 18 - for Week 14.

Gosh, we're getting close to week 16, y'all!

Here's to simply teaching well,