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Friday, July 31, 2015

Have Students Introduce Themselves to Talking Points — Algebra 1 Day 2-ish

With Talking Points, I keep finding that the more I push control down into student groups, the better they self-regulate and dive into the material.

So here is a self-guided intro to Talking Points for Algebra 1 students.

Also, with blind students in the classroom, it becomes even more important for equity that student groups speak and listen equitably to ensure inclusion. So with Talking Points, in addition to handouts, I can give a blind student the Word document on a flash drive, they can plug it into a Braille reader (which allows them to read a line at a time), and everybody is off to the races.

The ever-growing Google Drive folder for new sets of math Talking Points is at http://bit.ly/1eHGPWM.

4 comments:

  1. About how long do you spend with this activity? It looks like a great way to get students thinking. Thanks!

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  2. I also blogged and shared my Talking Points files that I used this year. http://misscalculate.blogspot.com/2015/08/talking-points.html

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  3. Hey. I think I just found an opening activity for the school year. And you've just opened my eyes to Talking Points. This is GREAT. Thanks.

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  4. Double-wow ... Elizabeth I'm checking in to report on having used Talking Points today ... (I'm halfway through Day 2 of our extended school year) and I'm ... really liking it ... I"m using the self-guided intro you posted above. Period 1 had the misinterpretation that "No Comment" means that anybody can say "No comment" when it's their turn. Period 2 I noticed that some people, in their explanations, actually use questioning, thus soliciting comments from others. I think we're going to do a lot more of this in the coming days ... The hard part, I think, is going to be coming up with my own Talking Points throughout the year. Maybe I can delegate that to the students ...
    Elissa, while I was here visiting I saw your comment and am def going to use some of the Talking Points you've shared--thanks so much!

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