Chalk Talk

I have to give a shout out to Mt. Tahoma because it was there that I learned, through Critical Friends, a way to facilitate discussion without actually talking. The protocol was called, "Chalk Talk", and the premise is basically the chalk does all of the talking, everybody else just sits silently while reading, and writing the questions that are being written down on the board. I kind of adapted this protocol to fit the classroom for a review session. In my Geography class, we are preparing to take the Unit 7 Exam. This is a big test, and I promised the kids that I would let them help me design it if they wrote down good questions. So we started filling the white board. This is it in progress: Check out their progress!




Pretty amazing stuff! Anyways, I thought you might like to see what my students are doing right now, I'm very proud! Alright, back to work! Bye