Turn and Talk: "I want you to tell your neighbor what you're thinking."

Observe how the teacher models then uses specific praise of student language to support the TNT, and consider how the teacher encourages students to greater levels of participation in the sharing out.

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Emily invites her second grade students to identify insights into the text and connections with their own lives, then share these insights with each other.

Questions to Consider

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