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Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion of informational texts in grade K-5.
Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion of literature.
Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion about mathematics.
Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion about science.
Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion about social studies.
Read a short explanation of the teaching practice called “Instructional Read Aloud.” Explore sample instructional read aloud texts for both fiction and nonfiction. Use the sample prompts when planning your own instructional read aloud.
This resource is excerpted from Teaching to Transform: An instructional practice guide to support struggling readers and writers in grades 6-12. To access the full guide, click here.
Table Tent Cards are possible talk moves to teach students to lift the level of their discussion during book clubs. The tent cards can be folded and left with the book club to refer to during subsequent meetings.
Read a short explanation of the teaching practice called “Whole-Class, Student-Led Conversation” in which students facilitate their own conversation with peers, using teacher assistance only as needed. Use the sample conversation prompts to help sustain the conversation as students are first learning this process.
This resource is excerpted from Teaching to Transform: An instructional practice guide to support struggling readers and writers in grades 6-12. To access the full guide, click here.
Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion of literary and informational texts in grades K-5.
Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion of literary and informational texts in grades 6-12.
A list of ELA content-specific sentence starters to help initiate and facilitate discussions about informational and literary texts.
A list of possible prompts that teachers can use during an interactive read-aloud in K-5 ELA classrooms.
A list of possible prompts that teachers can use during an interactive read-aloud in 6-12 ELA classrooms.
Accountable talk prompts: Secondary grades
Students can use these prompts to extend or deepen their discussion of literary and informational texts in grades 6-12.
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