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Get to know your students & start building relationships right away with this powerpoint or google classroom activity! These unique prompts will spark students' curiosity about you and your class while also helping you gather information about them and their interests! Students will love telling you about themselves without answering the same boring questions they are asked year after year! *Looking for an editable PDF version of this activity instead? Find it here!*This resource includes: ⭐

These individual Accountable Talk reference cards expose students to a variety of phrases they should be saying while engaging in on-task talk. I laminate and tape these reference cards to my students' desks at the beginning of the year and my students refer to them throughout the entire course of the year in group discussions and while turning and talking to partners. Grab these reference cards & full size poster to increase the quantity and quality of respectful dialogue in your classroom!

These "Talk About It" Conversation Starters are a fun way to get students talking to each other, introduce new groups or break the ice on the first day of school! Now more than ever, students are craving interaction and discussion. These conversation starters are unique, thoughtful and sure to elicit more answers that really turn into discussions! I use these cards in small groups and whole class throughout the year, especially before engaging in deeper conversations. These prompts are a great w

Lay down the foundation, rules & routines of turning and talking in your classroom with these individual desk-sized reference cards! I laminate & tape these reference cards to my students' desks as the beginning of the year and refer to them all year long. This FREE resource includes: ⭐(1) sheet of desk-sized reference cards in black & white ⭐(1) 11 x 8.5 turn & talk poster in black & white ⭐(1) sheet of desk-sized reference cards in full color ⭐(1) 11 x 8.5 turn & talk poster in fu

This end of year reflection activity is a great opportunity for students to think about how much they have grown over the school year & what they have learned! This activity asks students to reflect on their year and also give advice to future students. My favorite part to read is usually their advice to me! It's also really helpful feedback when thinking about planning for the next year to come. This google forms document is so easy to assign and track student answers quickly! Are you lookin

These notecatchers are my favorite way to capture the thoughtful & brilliant things that students say during group discussions or turn & talks! I use them as I listen in on student discussions and display the things I heard under the document camera after a discussion. There are also student versions for them to use while they listen to their classmates speak. The large #discussiongoals page is a badge of honor in my classroom that gets displayed for "spotlight worthy" comments, ideas & q