Sentences with phrase «class discussion circle»

Furniture on wheels makes it easier to move from rows to partners to groups to a whole - class discussion circle, but those transitions can be noisy and time - consuming.

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Classes include a circle time with nursery or seasonal rhymes, songs, gross and fine motor activities, imaginative play and exploration, quiet observation, and guided discussion.

Aukeem Ballard, a Habits, Community, and Culture teacher, uses this same table-less circle configuration for whole - class discussions.

There are two ways to do that based on the class size and dynamics: one giant circle for all students, or fishbowl style (where the participants in an inner circle have a discussion and the participants in an outer circle coach the inner circle).

Literature circles and class discussions can be held on literary characters and people throughout history, who demonstrate one of more of the six traits.

Traditional desks can be organized in rows, in a big circle for a whole - class discussion, or in clusters for group work.

Whether it be through online literature circles, podcasting, or online class discussions, learning has become more and more transparent.

Then, because students are used to this candid discussion format, on a day when a class has been a bit unruly, a teacher might use the circle to get support for confronting the inappropriate behavior.

Whether you «circle around» Pi for one class or spend an entire unit on this very special number, the ideas included within the «In the Classroom» portion of reviews will launch discussions and meaningful projects for student - centered learning.

If students are familiar with socratic seminars, these could serve a similar purpose to the fishbowl discussion or could be used periodically during Literature Circles as a way to re-establish class norms and debrief difficult texts and issues as a class and with increased teacher presence.

The school - to - prison pipeline phenomenon that has been a major topic of discussion in education circles in recent years is defined as a result of policies that encourage a police presence at schools, harsh tactics such as extreme physical restraint, zero - tolerance policies and other automatic punishments that result in suspensions and out - of - class time, and other actions that could increase a student's chances of landing in the criminal justice system, according to Teaching Tolerance magazine, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Listened to podcasts of literature circle discussions generated by a seventh - grade class I am researching here in the city.