Topic: Unlocking the Power of Classroom Talk

Purposefully welcoming small talk into your classroom, sometimes, is a powerful way to teach.

We think that if kids and teachers take this kind of talk seriously as a genre rather than as the default, talking to report will get better and it won’t be the only kind of talk in the room

Today on the podcast we’re discussing the value of teaching talk in the classroom.

When you teach talk, you are teaching something that kids can use in reading, in writing, in math, in science, in social studies...