Dialogue. Conversation. Talk. Let's face it. Talk is going to happen in your classroom, whether you like it or not. Students are going to engage in conversations probably more than they will engage any other single activity. You can let that frustrate you as a teacher or you can use it for good - for your students' benefit. Almost three years ago, I began a journey into discovering how to help my students who struggle most in literacy. Never would I have thought that the answer to my question of how to help students when they struggle would be to let them TALK. However, that is exactly what I have discovered on this journey through NC State's New Literacies and Global Learning graduate program. Amber HarperA recent graduate of North Carolina State University's New Literacies and Global Learning program, Amber currently teaches second graders in Oklahoma. She has been told that students tend to take on the personality of their teacher... which probably means she likes to talk too much, just like her students. Nevertheless, Amber is passionate about student growth and achievement through dialogic literacy instruction and looks for opportunities to give her students time to talk.
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Our kids are going to talk... so why not teach them to talk productively? |