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Speaking of the Common Core ... Give Students Time to Talk By Wendi Pillars
Speaking of the Common Core ... Give Students Time to Talk
Beyond formal presentations, the Common Core State Standards for Speaking and Listening demand a broad range of social-interaction skills with a focus on oral communication. At first glance, the list of skills can seem daunting: productive collaboration, attentive listening and subsequent expression of ideas, synthesis of multiple-source information, information evaluation, the ability to use and adapt media and visual displays in context, argumentation … . But let’s break it down a bit.
The most important thing to realize is this: We need to provide students with plenty of opportunities to speak (and listen).
Even as a language arts teacher who seeks student input, I consciously plan for oral-proficiency practice. I make sure my lessons offer students the opportunity to talk—sometimes scaffolded, sometimes more spontaneous.
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