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Standing is a great idea! We have 28 students per classroom.

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Standing is a great idea! We have 28 students per classroom.

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Teaching students to have a meaningful conversation.
Respecting each other's ideas.

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Building Blocks for Meaningful Conversations

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Building Blocks for Meaningful Conversations

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Jennifer

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More students are engaged in the learning.

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Grand Conversation creates a positive learning environment.

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Grand Conversation creates a positive learning environment.

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Students are able to contribute meaningfully and feel confident about what they are sharing. A sense of trust and safety can be established.

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Engaginh

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I love that the conversation gives the students a stronger voice and takes the role of facilitating out of the teacher's hands.

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I love that the conversation gives the students a stronger voice and takes the role of facilitating out of the teacher's hands.

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Grand Conversation and Accountable Talk forces students to actively listen to their peers, rather than just focus on what they want to say.

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Grand Conversation and Accountable Talk forces students to actively listen to their peers, rather than just focus on what they want to say.

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C. Wong

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Pushes all students to do their part of participating in the group discussion

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jackie

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Heather

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Jackie C.
-Accountable talk really allows students to process what they are hearing, which is far more valuable than listing one idea or saying, "I agree."

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Robin Wach

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Keli S.

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Talking Chips for the Reluctant and Zealous Talkers

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Talking Chips for the Reluctant and Zealous Talkers

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Priscilla W.

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Kids are listening, rather than just hearing.

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Kids are listening, rather than just hearing.

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Kimberly H.

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Students Feel Safe to Share!

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Everyone Gets a Chance - using talking chips to allow all students to share their thinking

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Everyone Gets a Chance - using talking chips to allow all students to share their thinking

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Hailey

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Students sharing their thinking in a meaningful way.

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Students sharing their thinking in a meaningful way.

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Listen Up:There's a Way for Everyone to Share!

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Listen Up:There's a Way for Everyone to Share!

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Latisha

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students are held accountable for their learning if they know they will have to share!

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students are held accountable for their learning if they know they will have to share!

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I love the 9 steps of accountable talks. It creates an opportunity for my ELL students to speak with the support of the sentence stems.

Priscilla Garza

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Using stems to teach vocabulary for accountable talk. Practice and model during small groups or read alouds.

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Keeping chips on you for great ideas or giving to students who tend to overshare

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Students are accountable for participating

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Love the idea of a standing group circle- with 25 5th graders we never could circle up, but we can sure stand.

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Culturally, my students aren't used to having a conversation. I'd like to see this a school-wide norm for my students-beyond the classroom.

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Accountable talk can be used in all areas of instruction.

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Accountable talk can be used in all areas of instruction.

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Teacher observes and prompts when needed.

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Extra! Extra! The 9 components of accountable talk causing interactions in the classroom to soar to new heights!

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Extra! Extra! The 9 components of accountable talk causing interactions in the classroom to soar to new heights!

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The grand conversation shifts the talking from the teacher to the students.