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The 5-Phases of Turn and Talk: How to Provide Support

"Collaboration provides the social glue that students need to become better readers," (Dewitz, 2022). Turn and talk during the instructional read-aloud increases collaboration and student engagement. But how do teachers support students who struggle with turn and talk? In this blog article, Sarah Collinge, author of the Read Side by Side Reading Program, walks you through the 5-phases of turn and talk and how to support students who are struggling.

My Student Can't Read the Lowest Book - A Case Study

At Read Side by Side we frequently hear teachers say, “Several of my students cannot read the...

On-Line School During COVID-19: 4 Things I Learned

My daughters’ school district launched online learning last week, only to be shut down by the state...

Using Turn and Talk Stems Across the Globe

Earlier this month, Bethany and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Macau near Hong Kong to...

Student Engagement

Well, I sit here trying to figure out what to write about engagement. I have never used a...

Turn and Talk - Hilary Cullen

Sentence Stems The use of stems in my classroom has completely changed the way I look at student...

Classroom Turn and Talk

We just finished our first quadrant of Castles in the Attic and one of the most important parts in...

Classroom Setup - Ryan Painter

I have spent the final days of summer going over how I will start the year as we all normally do...

Classroom Setup - Dawn Smith

My Classroom Setup I’ve come to look at setting up my classroom as my chance to be an Interior...