1. Disciplinary Literacy Productive Talk Career and College Readiness Conferences Summer 2015

2. “Through well-structured talk, students are guided – or apprenticed – into fundamental practices of science.” -Talk Science Primer 2 Welcome

3.  In this session, participants will: 1.Identify the characteristics of academically productive talk. 2.Determine the role of academic talk in the advancement of the NGSS vision of conceptual science instruction. 3.Evaluate strategies for implementing productive talk in the classroom to promote student learning and engagement. 3 Outcomes

4.  Based on your classroom experiences, identify and list the hallmarks of effective science discussion.  Now share your list with a partner or partners.  Use the chart paper and the marker to record your list. 4 Brainstorm

5. What is Productive Talk? 5

6. 6 Productive Talk in Action http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/pathway/pathway4.cfm?pathway_step =step3&pathway_substep=substep2&case=tp1&case_step=step2

7. What is Productive Talk?

8.  Everyone can hear and understand; everyone is part of the conversation.  Conversation is focused, coherent, rigorous, and leads to deep conceptual understanding.  Students are motivated to participate and want to go public with their thinking; they are invested in the conversation.  The teacher guides students in practicing new ways of talking, reasoning, and collaborating with one another. 8 Unpacking Productive Talk

9. Why is Productive Talk Important? 9

10. http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/pathway/p athway3.cfm?pathway_step=step3&pathway_su bstep=substep3&case=tp2&case_step=step1 10 Why is talk important?

11.  With a partner select one of the five reasons from the selection and provide a specific science example to illustrate its importance to student understanding.  We will share the examples. 11 Activity: Why is talk Important to learning?

12. 12 Why is talk important for NGSS?

13. 13 Sense Making

14.  Community-validated explanations of the natural world  Data and models as evidence or tools  Dynamic nature of science  Importance of argument and challenging ideas Examples…Wegner, Darwin, Galileo 14 What is Unique about Science Talk?

15. How to Promote Productive Talk in Your Classroom “ Students have to feel a sense of trust that their ideas will be taken seriously and that disagreements will be handled respectfully, so that ideas- not individuals-are challenged.” -Talk Science Primer 15

16. Teacher : (after something unexpected happened in the water displacement investigation) “So why do you think that happened? What’s your explanation?” [No hands go up, no responses, 25 blank faces.] [Teacher waits 10 seconds, still nothing.] 16 Scenario

17. 1.A belief that students can do it. Reflect on the video of 4 th graders and your own experience. What must the teacher do to ensure a culture exists that supports productive talk? 17 Establishing Productive Talk

18. 2.Well established ground rules or norms. Review the examples of norms created by teachers for their classroom. Create your own list for your classroom and share with a partner. 18 Establishing Productive Talk

19. 3. Clear academic purpose 4. Deep understanding of academic content 5. A framing question and follow up questions. 19 Establishing Productive Talk

20. 6.An appropriate talk format  Whole-group discussions – Teacher guided  Small Group Work  Partner Talk 20 Establishing Productive Talk

21. Sense-making Framework Sense-makingArticulationBuilding Consensus Beginning ideaBetter ideaBest idea Beginning idea after observing /testing models, collecting/analyz ing data obtaining information Communicate ideas Evaluate strengths and weakness of explanation Build a shared understanding Review competing ideas to convince others of most robust explanation (Argumentation)

22. Let’s Try Some Talk Moves Goals for Productive Science Discussions 22

23.  Research and documentation of teachers facilitating productive conversations in class over the past 20 years has led to the development of a small number of general talk moves that are helpful in fostering productive talk among students.  These moves can actually be used at any time during class as appropriate and in any subject or discipline.  These moves help students think, reason, and collaborate in academically productive ways. -Talk Primer 23 What are Talk Moves?

24.  Goal 1: Help Individual students share, expand and clarify their own thinking.  Goal 2: Help students listen carefully to one another.  Goal 3: Help students deepen their reasoning.  Goal 4: Help students think with others. 24 Talk Moves Four Goals for Productive Discussions

25. 25 Goal 1: Help Individual Students Share, Expand and Clarify Their Own Thinking http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/pathway/pathway4.cfm?pathway_step=s tep4&pathway_substep=substep4&case=st1&case_step=step1

26. 26 Goal 2: Help Students Listen Carefully to One Another http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/pathway/pathway4.cfm?pathw ay_step=step5&pathway_substep=substep4

27. 27 Goal 3: Help Students Deepen Their Reasoning http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/pathway/pathway4.cfm?pathway_s tep=step6&pathway_substep=substep4

28. 28 Goal 4: Help Students Think with Others http://inquiryproject.terc.edu/prof_dev/pathway/pathway4.cfm?pathway_step =step7&pathway_substep=substep4

29. 29 Practicing Talk Moves

30. 30 TERC- The Inquiry Project

31.  What is productive talk?  What are the characteristics of productive talk?  Why is productive talk important in Science classrooms?  How do you create a classroom that promotes productive talk?  What are talk formats?  How will the talk moves help you facilitate productive classroom discussions? 31 Summing It Up

32. Write one sentence that describes the most important take-away for you in regards to productive talk in the Science Classroom. 32 Hall of Fame Famous Teacher Quotes

33.  Mary M. Thurlow, Coordinator for Science mary.thurlow@maryland.gov mary.thurlow@maryland.gov  Jeremy Haack, Science Specialist jeremy.haack@maryland.gov jeremy.haack@maryland.gov  Gary Hedges, Science Specialist gary.hedges@maryland.gov gary.hedges@maryland.gov 33 MSDE Science Staff

34. THANK YOU 34