Supporting Productive Student-Student Talk in Science

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Supports like talk moves (ex., “I agree and disagree”) can provide important entry points for students, especially if they are unsure how to get started or what is okay in a science classroom. Yet some supports can reflect and reify Eurocentric norms for talk, so co-developing varied talk approaches with students may help to integrate resources from multiple cultures.

Trees, Seasons & Shining a light on Farming Communities: Kinder Bilingüe

This video features Maestra Consuelo teaching dual language, Spanish & English, to Kindergartners in a rural farming community in Washington State. She connects science to the stories of the families and uses multiple examples and strategies of translanguaging as a way of honoring students and families knowledge, identities, and ways of being.

Meaningful Connections to People, Place, Community, Nature, and Power: Studio Learning

This tool is an example of studio professional learning (and a unit we co-designed) in which teachers shifted engineering curriculum to include meaningful connections to people, place, community, nature, and power.

¿Qué soluciones podemos crear para enfrentar la escasez de agua en un mundo cada vez más seco?: Aprender en un estudio bilingüe

This tool features a unit we designed on water scarcity and a studio professional learning model in a 5th grade dual-language classroom.

Supporting Productive Student-Student Talk in Science

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