Carole+Sestokas

Please respond to the following: 1. How has reading, writing, thinking, and talking affected your learning today? I thought the reading was boring. When I worked with a partner the reading became more meaningful. We shared what we had read about and wrote down our thoughts. If I found the material more meaningful working with a partner, my thought was that students would learn more that way also.
 * Collaborative Group Work Exit Slip**

2. Return to your Reflection sheet and make additions to CGW. Thank you for your participation and enthusiasm today.

**Writing to Learn Exit Slip** Please respond to the following: 1. How can writing to learn be used as an assessment tool? In mathematics we could determine if students understood what they learned in class by asking them to write down the steps used to solve a problem. If they could understand the steps, write them down and also explain them (in writing) it would show that the students are on their way to mastering the material.

2. How would you use low stakes writing? I would use low stakes writing to have students paraphrase a particularly difficult subject. I would also use low stakes writing to have students evaluate or summarize the day's lesson. I have used a journal in math classes before and had student's write down how they felt about the lesson. I also had them write down 1 question they had about the lesson that was not answered.

3. Write one question you would ask about what you learned today? Are we going to be required to use what we have learned in these workshops on a daily basis?

**Classroom Talk Exit Slip** 1. How can increasing student talk effect student learning? Learning from their peers. Generate a studentconversation.

2. Which required teacher skill would you choose for your focus area? Explain what you will do to improve that skill. Group Work. Having the student model so we don't have chaos.. **Questioning Exit Slip**

1. Each person reviews the Questioning Lesson Plan and makes 2 observations about the questioning techniques used in the plan.

2. Go back to your reflection for today, how will you integrate questioning techniques? I would ask students to give steps for a problem as if they were telling one of their friends how to do the problem. 3. How could questioning affect Classroom Talk? Questioning focuses students' attention on the topic at hand. It gives the student a chance to share their opinions in a small group, making the student feel more comfortable. Scaffolding

1. How would the use of scaffolding support the WTL and Questioning strategies? Scaffolding builds upon prior ideas or topics. Writing to learn connects content to prior knowledge. Questioning encourages students' questions and engages them in relevant and rigorous topics. Sc affolding builds upon these topics and takes the student even further because we are building upon what was previously learned. 2. What scaffolding techniques will you try this week? I chose to try scaffolding by using "Find the Mistake". In the teacher's edition of the textbook, there are usually these type of problems after each chapter. I also will have students present their ideas to the class.