Paraphrase: "Cranky. Look at her face: she looks... what?"

Notice how the teacher scaffolds new language and vocabulary by drawing on familiar terms and ways of expressing information.

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Viviana and her first grade students listen to a read-aloud of "How to Lose All Your Friends."

Questions to Consider

How does modeling a participation structure or strategy help students increase their discussion with a partner?