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Example Solution: Set up your pairs ahead of time. 

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Example Solution: Set up your pairs ahead of time. 

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If partners are chosen before you start, everyone will be ready when you ask the first question.

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Example Solution: Select a "Person A" and a "Person B."

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Example Solution: Select a "Person A" and a "Person B."

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(Or whatever you want to call them.) During the share, announce whose turn it is and switch halfway through. This ensures equal participation.

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Using a timer is helpful to let the students know that they will be quietly thinking without talking.

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Students MUST INK their thoughts for 1-5 minutes BEFORE they can share.

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"Whoever is wearing the most black, share first." "Whoever wins rock paper scissors, share first." Etc

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Use QR code to Google Form (Science team) to focus students thinking before pair talk

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Use QR code to Google Form (Science team) to focus students thinking before pair talk

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Give students time to write 1 something to share

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Give students time to write 1 something to share

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Give out super sailor tickets to pairs that are sharing with their table partner.

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Give out super sailor tickets to pairs that are sharing with their table partner.

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Create enough questions and make it open-ended that allow students to deepen their conversations. 

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Create enough questions and make it open-ended that allow students to deepen their conversations. 

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Occassionally I have to remove someone from a team and have them do all the work alone.

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When you do the share and if you call on students, ask for what their partner said, not what they said. Gives some accountability regarding staying on topic

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Listening to conversations and if they are off-topic, reframe them and listen to their on-topic response.

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Under the discussion question on the screen provide a sentence starter. Redirect groups who are not using it.

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provide sentence starters to guide the talk

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provide sentence starters to guide the talk

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Circulate and stop conversations + redirect to your partner.

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Using specific language to let the students know with whom they'll be talking and that they can later share with the whole group to get the input of others they want to talk to.

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Create space between partner groups if time permits

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Create space between partner groups if time permits

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Put the question on the board as students arrive into class as you greet them. 

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Put the question on the board as students arrive into class as you greet them. 

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to tell students you are done talking and it is time to go (like saying "go")

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Monitor the room by walking and checking in with pairs about ideas

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Monitor the room by walking and checking in with pairs about ideas

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Instead of worrying about this, I choose to use TPS as a social opportunity for students, too. YES, it is used primarily to talk about a subject/ check for understanding, but I know they will naturally talk about other subjects too. If a class starts off too squirrely, I remind them that we will have a TPS later, so to stay focused and quiet in the meantime. I use a wheel of names as an accountability tool so if a student was off topic the entire TPS, they might have a consequence later if the wheel picks them.

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Maybe the investment in the time it takes to Think-Pair-Share will pay off with more focus later in class.

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If you regularly use groups in your class, it is good to have a visual reminder of when students are supposed to talk in their groups vs just with a partner.

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Students need to be partnered with students of like mind, level, or they feel comfortable with. I notice a lack of talking with the partners I set because they don't feel safe or welcome speaking with them. But if they are able to pick a partner to work with they are more likely to make the progress I want them to make.

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Students need to be partnered with students of like mind, level, or they feel comfortable with. I notice a lack of talking with the partners I set because they don't feel safe or welcome speaking with them. But if they are able to pick a partner to work with they are more likely to make the progress I want them to make.

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Encourage students, that this is the okay time to talk.  Perhaps say left or right side goes first.

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Encourage students, that this is the okay time to talk.  Perhaps say left or right side goes first.

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Require students to get 1 specific idea from their partner or add 1 specific/new idea to their own work from what is shared.

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Require students to get 1 specific idea from their partner or add 1 specific/new idea to their own work from what is shared.