I'm not sure if I was completely clear. I was writing to you in the morning
(not my best time) right before leaving to work, and I was in a bit of a hurry.
The training was completely about writing workshop (not reading).
The idea is that students would talk about their writing, and possibility share
more personal writing. The idea is that students develop trust with each other
over the year.
Still, I don't think that working with the same person all year is a good idea.
I'd rather that they learn from each other, and the more "others" the better.
------------ Original message from Beverlee Paul <beverleep...@gmail.com>:
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> Why would you have partners at all for turn and talk? Why not turn to
> whomever is next to you, which will hopefully be someone different most of
> the time?
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:10 AM, wrote:
>
> > Yesterday the grade 3-8 teachers in my district met together to have
> > training on workshop.
> >
> > Our trainer said that partners for turn and talk should be kept the same
> > all year. The trainer also said that students should pick their only
> > partners.> >
> > I'd like to move partners around (maybe as often as every six weeks) as I
> > see that certain students could help each other learn more. I also want to
> > pick the partners because there are always some students who want to work
> > together, but they just goof off.
> >
> > Letting students choose their partner, and then breaking up that partner
> > group a week later, will create lots of uproar. It's smoother for me to
> > just match the partners from the beginning.
> >
> > So... do I really have to let the students pick their partners? If so,
> > why? Do I need to keep the same pairs all year? If so, why?
> > Jan
> >
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