Turn and Talk: "Tell your neighbor what's happened so far."

Notice how the teacher's modeling of summarizing helps the students to begin the process themselves and sorts the difference between summarizing and predicting.

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Emily and her second grade students begin a lesson focused on summarizing the events from the book "A Pocket for Corduroy."

Questions to Consider

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