tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post9191222855284069556..comments2024-03-06T22:39:11.472-08:00Comments on cheesemonkey wonders: Here's an example: how I use Talking Points both before and *for* mathematical conversationcheesemonkeysfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-60458228729543772692015-03-08T09:33:17.402-07:002015-03-08T09:33:17.402-07:00Aw, shucks. Thank you both! But where is your &quo...Aw, shucks. Thank you both! But where is your "because" statement to justify your agreement? ;)<br /><br />- E.cheesemonkeysfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-70599517742454171162015-03-08T09:31:52.928-07:002015-03-08T09:31:52.928-07:00James - I agree completely!!! Thank you for sharin...James - I agree completely!!! Thank you for sharing this insight.<br /><br />- Elizabethcheesemonkeysfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311170815422010013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-48944582735381849682015-01-25T16:01:06.228-08:002015-01-25T16:01:06.228-08:00Elizabeth, thank you for articulating this process...Elizabeth, thank you for articulating this process so clearly. I love how patient you were with the students; it sounds like a small unicorn galloped through your classroom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-76128827143964419642015-01-25T15:59:49.776-08:002015-01-25T15:59:49.776-08:00AGREE!!!AGREE!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-89779755001317167832015-01-21T13:27:25.497-08:002015-01-21T13:27:25.497-08:00I would like to change your last statement to a Ta...I would like to change your last statement to a Talking Point:<br /><br />"All of @cheesemonkey's Talking Points are cornucopiae of unicorns and rainbows" <br /><br />Agree/Disagree/UnsureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779271385256625533.post-81551049391591593692015-01-21T03:45:34.901-08:002015-01-21T03:45:34.901-08:00"On the other hand, many spent most of the ex..."On the other hand, many spent most of the exercise not listening to each other and simply waiting for their own turn to talk."<br /><br />When I was at a PD about talking circles, I made a realization about this. Most conversations, it is said, are more about waiting to talk than about listening. In the circle, as I was waiting my turn, I wasn’t listening as closely as I could because I was thinking hard about what I would say on my turn. This is not inherently a bad thing - it means I spent a lot of time thinking about the problem, something we want our students to do.<br /><br />But then, after my turn was over, I didn’t have to think about that any more, and so I focused much more on listening, and got a lot more out of what other people were saying, which is good too. So it plays both sides, I think, in a good way. James Clevelandhttp://rootsoftheequation.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com