Session 6: Using Protocols Purposefully

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Session 6 Using Protocols Purposefully
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Academic Conversations

• Talking with others is a powerful way to learn
  and is a vital life skill. In academic
  conversations, students explore ideas and
  negotiate meanings to deepen understandings and
  connections.
• Academic Conversations Classroom Talk that
  Fosters Critical Thinking Content Understanding
  by Jeff Zweirs Marie Crawford, 2010

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Quickwrite

• How do you support meaningful academic
  conversations?
• What are the challenges to doing so effectively?
• (p. 118)

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Introduce yourselves

• Share your name, school, role
• Share one brief thought from your Quick-write
• Share a sentence, not a paragraph.

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Learning Target

• I can effectively use protocols and the other
  collaborative classroom structures in the 3-8
  Modules to develop students knowledge, speaking,
  listening, reading and writing skills.

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Protocol Jigsaw

• Organize yourself into groups of 5.
• Each person chooses 1-2 protocols to become an
  expert on.
• Participants Journal, pages ___
• For each protocol, think about
• Logistical instructional supports
• Productive contexts purposes for the protocol

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Quiet reading

• Read your chosen protocol(s)
• Complete the Using Protocols Purposefully
  notecatcher
• (p. 156)

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Share out

• Each person on the team gets 5 minutes to share
  their protocol
• Describe the protocol
• Share ideas for instructional logistical
  supports
• Talk about purposeful contexts for this protocol
• Repeat with each team member

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Reflection

• How do protocols enable students to meet the
  Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening?
• What do you want to remember to ensure that you
  implement protocols effectively?