Teacher Commentary
During the class discussion, it is important that students are able to respond to each other’s share outs. When a question or clarification is brought up, see if other students in the room focused on the same issue, and if anyone else was able to solve it. In this way, the large group can be used as another round of collaborative meaning-making. If any questions cannot be resolved by the group, resist answering for the students and instead add them to the list of questions.

Talking stems can provide support for this collaborative conversation. One to three stems can be introduced before a particular conversation by putting them on the board or doc camera. A list of useful talking stems can be found on page 6 in the Overview for this module.