Idea found on TeachingChannel.org
- Students bring the text that they have already read two or three times
- The teacher poses a question to the group
- The question is posted for students to see
- Turn & Talk with a partner
- Share thoughts with the evidence from the text
- Discuss as a whole group using hand signals
- With the question in mind, the teacher posts a sentence frame where students must pull evidence from the text in order to answer
- Discuss
- Write independently about the topic, question, and sentence frame
Here is a link to a video clip of Text Talk Time being used in a 5th grade classroom: Text Talk Time
To encourage and support student discussion, below is a half-sheet with discussion starters that can be given to students to use.
text_talk_time.pdf |