Great Read!

This was a great read with a lot of useful information but I think one of the most important parts of the article goes overlooked, phenomena. Engaging students in a phenomena is the first st... See More

This was a great read with a lot of useful information but I think one of the most important parts of the article goes overlooked, phenomena. Engaging students in a phenomena is the first step to having any discussion at all. Students need to be given the opportunity to become engaged in wondering about how something works or why something is happening. The article mentions how important discussion can be the younger the students are. As a teacher of lower grades, your students may not be able to read or write very fluently if at all yet. Discussions allow students to talk about what they found out and compare ideas with each other. It is important as the teacher you are not leading the discussion, only supporting it when needed. Students use discussions to make sense of the phenomena they were engaged in.