Whole Class

Turn and Talk: "Get ready to tell your neighbor, this book was mostly about..."

Emily and her second grade students develop their own summarizing statements about the book using a prompt.

Write Pair Share: "What did the story mostly make you think about?"

Emily and her second grade students finish reading "Corduroy," write or draw their final responses to the story, and share their responses with their partner.

Write Pair Share: “Quickly write down or draw what you’re thinking."

Emily and her second grade students write down their connections to the book, she checks in with individual students, and then they share with their neighbor what they're thinking.

Elaborate: "Does someone have another reason?"

Kim and her fourth grade students do a Turn and Talk on key words related to the concept of a food chain, then build on each others' responses in the whole group share out.

Brainstorm: "Which animals hibernate?"

A preschool teacher and her students add their new knowledge about hibernating animals to a class chart.

Turn and Talk: "Whisper to your friend what you're thinking."

A preschool teacher and her students re-read the story "Bear Snores On," identifying key elements of the story and making connections to knowledge about hibernation.

Brainstorm: "Do you remember the problem in the story?"

A preschool teacher and her students re-read the story "Bear Snores On," identifying key elements of the story and making connections to knowledge about hibernation.

Brainstorming: "Why do you think he picked the snowball up?"

A preschool teacher and her students generate possible explanations for the main character's actions in the book "The Snowy Day."

Brainstorming: "Imagination caps: how silly can we make this?"

A preschool teacher and her students brainstorm alternate words and insert them into a poem to make it as "silly" as possible.

Turn and Talk: “I want you to tell your neighbor what we did today.”

Emily and her second grade students conclude the lesson by re-reading the list of key words they created and contributing examples of animals that use camouflage.