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Looking for a group activity? Start out the beginning of the year with these icebreaker questions to get students talking and building a classroom community. This presentation is a high engagement activity for students that includes reflection and point of view. Get students discussing different topics and backing up their opinions with reasoning. Teachers use this for:Beginning of the year activityFirst day of school warm up‘Get to know you’ game for studentsMorning MeetingJournal promptsPartne

Transform your turn and talks, partner discussions, and academic conversations with this easy-to-use professional development resource. Packed with high-quality discussion prompts, sentence stems, and student talk routines, this guide helps you move beyond shallow “I agree” responses and into meaningful, rigorous dialogue. Perfect for K–12 classrooms, literacy, math, science, and social studies, this resource teaches students how to talk, what to talk about, and why purposeful conve