Goal
The past few weeks my goal has been to strengthen student-led mathematical discourse. This week I would like to focus on helping my students truly listen to one another, which I think will help them link to each other's ideas. I will do this by adding, "What I heard ________ say was...." to my conversation phrase list. I think asking students to summarize what a peer said would make them become accountable and really listen to what other students are sharing.
Reflection
After asking my students to summarize what one another way saying during our conversations, I really started to notice a difference in our conversation, especially when it came to linking to one another's ideas. I noticed that in previous weeks, they were all sharing really great thinking, but a lot of times, the ideas shared were unrelated to what the previous person shared, making it an ineffective conversation. Asking every student to summarize what their group member said made them accountable for their classmate's thinking and forced them to really think about what was said. Once they understood what their partners were saying, more related linking happened almost right away and I also heard from more students than I usually do during our whole group conversations. I think the reason may be because some of my students are too shy to share their own thinking, however, sharing their partner's thinking is less of a "risk", allowing them feel more comfortable.
The past few weeks my goal has been to strengthen student-led mathematical discourse. This week I would like to focus on helping my students truly listen to one another, which I think will help them link to each other's ideas. I will do this by adding, "What I heard ________ say was...." to my conversation phrase list. I think asking students to summarize what a peer said would make them become accountable and really listen to what other students are sharing.
Reflection
After asking my students to summarize what one another way saying during our conversations, I really started to notice a difference in our conversation, especially when it came to linking to one another's ideas. I noticed that in previous weeks, they were all sharing really great thinking, but a lot of times, the ideas shared were unrelated to what the previous person shared, making it an ineffective conversation. Asking every student to summarize what their group member said made them accountable for their classmate's thinking and forced them to really think about what was said. Once they understood what their partners were saying, more related linking happened almost right away and I also heard from more students than I usually do during our whole group conversations. I think the reason may be because some of my students are too shy to share their own thinking, however, sharing their partner's thinking is less of a "risk", allowing them feel more comfortable.