We can support students to take turns, and to invite others to participate – these are important oracy skills.
Provide prompts such as these that students can use in group or whole-class dialogue:
What do you think, Tyrese?
Do you think the same or something different, Mina?
I’d like to add to that point.
I want to go back to what Harriet said earlier…
Do you agree or disagree with me, Dylan?
Pupils feel that P4C helps them with everything from relationships to confidence to staying calm
I strongly recommend providing Talk Prompts to help pupils formulate high quality spoken sentences and then bring powerful, formal phrases into their writing.
When using random selection in whole class learning, if a child doesn’t respond, there are several options.
I’ve noticed it’s useful to provide Pupil Talk Prompts that enable them to ask for thinking time or help.
A great way to start the day in Early Years - developing early language and reasoning as well as engaging families in their child’s learning.
Pupils immediately speaking in more powerful, articulate sentences as a result of a really simple technique.
