Term 3 reflection

During term 3, we used more reflective discussions. These types of discussions encourage students to think and talk about what they have observed, heard or read during a reading session. Sometimes, I did the reading rather than the students. I found it gave them more freedom to think in-depth about the text and their discussions, rather than worrying about reading as well. 

The students still often need prompting to have discussions. This is something we will work on where they initiate the discussions, not me.  I want for it to be a natural part of their lesson, but at this stage, they still require a lot of scaffolding.

The video below shows a good example of how a teacher has implemented using Talk Moves within her class.