Sharp Reading - Step 4: Convince Me

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 A part of Sharp reading PLD is the online learning. I've been working through Stage 3 and have just completed the unit 'Convince Me'.

Key points: 

  • this part of the lesson allows children to attend to meaning in sentences
  • it's a quick, guided opportunity to collaboratively improve understanding and lift thinking and engagement
  • it's a change of pace in the lesson - teacher adopts role of judge, it's quicker/timed and more of a game
During 'Convince Me' the teacher selects one sentence from the text for the students to rework successfully within two minutes. The teacher is judge and prompts student thinking. 
Prompts:
  • Repeat a phrase/word from sentence
  • Say the trigger (direct don't question)
  • 'Got it' etc. to affirm that's enough, we can move on
The limited prompts provides a constraint for the teacher so it's the students doing the thinking, not the teacher. The teacher motivates the students to 'dig deeper'.

A helpful part of the online learning was watching videos and keeping tally of which prompts the teacher used. This made the prompts clearer for me and was a good model to see how they're used.

Task 2 was to practise with peers. Myself and 3 colleagues did this today and I thought it was an effective and quick learning opportunity. I liked that we were able to share our understanding and clarify aspects of 'convince me' with each other. Hilton had given us advice during our 1:1 time with him so it was an opportunity for teachers to share any expert tips. It was good to practise with peers before I attempt this part of the lesson with students. This will help with my confidence and using the prompts a bit more fluently hopefully! 

Task 3 is videoing myself teaching a 5 Step Lesson - I didn't notice that until just now so that will be my next challenge and I'm going to try and do it this week. 

Comments

  1. Alida19 July 2021 at 13:41

    Yes, I agree, it's good to practice with colleagues. How did the video go?

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