I kept waiting for you to say it, you were so close to it but didn’t actually say it in words… in middle school, we lay the foundation for them to be able to have these discussions and assignments in high school. It’s a lot more difficult to facilitate this with middle schoolers, especially 6th graders post-Covid, than with older students! But if you don’t do this with younger kids, they’ll never get there in high school. Discussions in my middle school class are HARD. Great job!
Nice notes about discussion, since I teach at an adult school that lets some high school students attend and for all the students, probing and accountable talk stems are a must to have a discussion.
I kept waiting for you to say it, you were so close to it but didn’t actually say it in words… in middle school, we lay the foundation for them to be able to have these discussions and assignments in high school. It’s a lot more difficult to facilitate this with middle schoolers, especially 6th graders post-Covid, than with older students! But if you don’t do this with younger kids, they’ll never get there in high school. Discussions in my middle school class are HARD. Great job!
Nice notes about discussion, since I teach at an adult school that lets some high school students attend and for all the students, probing and accountable talk stems are a must to have a discussion.
I just started working at a charter school and they combine middle school and highschool. Thank you for this!