A collection of Discourse model start up activities to build capacity in students
These (Google Slide) resources are best used in numerical order. The design and pedagogy supports growth of discourse skills within students separate from the CONTENT component of mathematics. Of course these skills will also SUPPORT later content knowledge and critical thinking skills, and can be used outside of the DO NOW time as needed or desired throughout the year.
Start out your students on DAY 1 with the first activity in the WORDS, use them in order top to bottom (day by day as you see fit) until you feel the students are weary of word activities or ready for more challenging thinking and discourse, then move on to IMAGES, then NUMBERS, etc... All of these activities are a single slide and neither CONTENT driven, nor do they have a discrete TIME components or singular ENDING point which must be achieved. These are ALL open ended activities meant to encourage and support the DISCOURSE CULTURE within the room and should be used as part of your DAILY DO NOW activities. Doing SOME discourse every day (as a Do Now or other SHORT activity) is critical to integrating discourse into your CONTENT lessons as a regular part of the learning cycle. Realize that those times when you use DISCOURSE for CONTENT, they can take most of the class period to finish. These short activities build the Protocols and Perseverance necessary for the longer, deeper discussions.
The question we want to raise for discussion is... "WHICH OF THESE OBJECTS DOES NOT BELONG... and WHY?"
Start out your students on DAY 1 with the first activity in the WORDS, use them in order top to bottom (day by day as you see fit) until you feel the students are weary of word activities or ready for more challenging thinking and discourse, then move on to IMAGES, then NUMBERS, etc... All of these activities are a single slide and neither CONTENT driven, nor do they have a discrete TIME components or singular ENDING point which must be achieved. These are ALL open ended activities meant to encourage and support the DISCOURSE CULTURE within the room and should be used as part of your DAILY DO NOW activities. Doing SOME discourse every day (as a Do Now or other SHORT activity) is critical to integrating discourse into your CONTENT lessons as a regular part of the learning cycle. Realize that those times when you use DISCOURSE for CONTENT, they can take most of the class period to finish. These short activities build the Protocols and Perseverance necessary for the longer, deeper discussions.
The question we want to raise for discussion is... "WHICH OF THESE OBJECTS DOES NOT BELONG... and WHY?"
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1 - WORDS:
Word Activities 1 - 10
5 - EXPRESSIONS:
Expression Activities 1 - 10
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2 - IMAGES:
Image Activities 1 - 10
6 - PEOPLE:
People Activities 1 - 10
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3 - NUMBERS:
Number Activities 1 - 10
7 - PLACES:
Place Activities 1 - 10
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4 - SENTENCES:
Sentence Activities 1 - 10
8 - EVENTS:
Event Activities 1 - 10
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As your students get more adept at the nuance of DISCOURSE you might extend these activities by asking other questions such as WHY might ALL of these be grouped together?
Who is the best? What is the coolest? The list could go on and on... Being subjective actually makes the discourse RICHER and more meaningful for future discussion protocols.
These can be as rich as you would like to make them. On each of the GOOGLE SLIDE activities, within the notes section, you will find some of the possibilities which students might uncover, but I am sure you will be able to add your own to the list. After a while you might just CREATE your own! If so please invite me to share your activities and I will add them to the site for others to use. Good Luck and ENJOY! Make it FUN to learn and talk in your room... and YOU will reap great benefits from student growth and engagement.
A rich source of premade activities such as these can be found at Which One Doesn't Belong
Who is the best? What is the coolest? The list could go on and on... Being subjective actually makes the discourse RICHER and more meaningful for future discussion protocols.
These can be as rich as you would like to make them. On each of the GOOGLE SLIDE activities, within the notes section, you will find some of the possibilities which students might uncover, but I am sure you will be able to add your own to the list. After a while you might just CREATE your own! If so please invite me to share your activities and I will add them to the site for others to use. Good Luck and ENJOY! Make it FUN to learn and talk in your room... and YOU will reap great benefits from student growth and engagement.
A rich source of premade activities such as these can be found at Which One Doesn't Belong
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Extend these DO NOW strategies into thoughtful Discourse...
...Bridging the gap with math discussions. What's the Gist?
Initially student will begin by SILENTLY considering which of the four choices MIGHT possibly be a CORRECT answer for the given mathematical expression... After which the Discourse Guide will be used to commit to their answer in writing, and then briefly JUSTIFY the choice with quality rationale.... Finally students will use table partner(s) to discuss these choices as they compare to one another WITHOUT changing any answers and close with a share out. |
