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Interactivity Foundation: Guidebook for Student Centered Classroom Discussions
This downloadable guide includes strategies and best practices for supporting student-centered classroom discussions.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Speaking and Listening Progress [Pdf]
This two-page printable worksheet is designed for classroom use by the teacher for evaluating and tracking progress in speaking and listening skills and student engagement in discussions. SL.9-10.1a Prepared/Discuss, SL.9-10.6 Adapt to...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: How Do We Learn?
In this lesson, 6th graders meet in groups and discuss their learning styles. They will come up with three ways they learn best, as well as successful learning experiences they have had in the past.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Carol's Classroom: Speaking and Listening: Prepare for Discussions
This video lesson [4:11] focuses on clear communication and active listening, essential social-emotional skills, that help lay the foundation of positive learning environments. They can develop these skills and take responsibility for...