'Talk Moves' is a powerful tool for learning. Rich talk supports students to make sense of ideas and build a classroom community. This is something that we have been developing in all of our learning conversations.
Talk Moves prompt:
- wait time
- turn and talk
- revoicing
- reasoning
- adding on
- repeating
- revise thinking.
During our circle time, we have been discussing what an active listener is. We are working hard to face the speaker, think about what the other person is saying and engaging in conversation.
Why listening is so important?
Our students said...
Listening is important because you need to get all of the information
You might learn something new if you keep listening
You might have forgotten something, listening might refresh your mind
You might learn how to do something in a different way
What stops us listening?
Our students said...
The person talking next to you, even if you don't want to talk to them
Toys on the mat
Devices
Noise in the classroom
Something that is happening outside the window
Thinking about stuff e.g. what is for lunch?
Playing games
Things on the walls
What would you be doing if you were actively listening?
Our students said...
You need to show that you are listening through body language
Focus on what they are saying
Look at the person talking
Face the person speaking
Your brain is thinking
Add on to the stuff they are saying
Piggy backing
Make connections
Ask questions
Interacting
Active listening by sharing ideas
Not letting someone else distract you
Repeat what the person says
Agree or disagree respectfully
What difference does this make for the other person/ people as opposed to someone half present?
Our students said...
Multitasking is not good because you don't do anything well
Do one thing at a time
The person who is talking might feel sad, annoyed, disappointed or misheard
We need to uplift mana and show manaakitanga
These are our conversation guidelines
I like how conversations have to be fair and sensible. that is great!
ReplyDeleteI think we are getting better at listening. That was not what I actually said in the picture.
ReplyDeletewe have all been positive and try really hard to listen to others, we have really improved.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you guys were really using good listening!
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