Language Supports for Number Talks Transcript
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Monique LaCour: I'd like everybody to choose their favorite Sentence Frame, and let's go ahead and see which ones you guys like the best, that you'd like to try today as a whole.
Class: I would like to try--
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Monique LaCour: Michelle.
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Monique LaCour
2nd Grade, Math Teacher
Acorn Woodland Elementary, Oakland, CA
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Monique LaCour: Sentence Frames are really, really crucial both to the Number Talk and to the academic conversation. The Sentence Frames are ways that the students can ask for help, build on one another's ideas, change their minds, and it really gives them freedom.
Monique LaCour: Raise your hand if you see a good way that you could say if you need some help. There are a couple there that can help you if you need some help in a Number Talk.
Student: Like if someone says a little bit then you can tell them, "Can you say more?"
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Student: Can you say more, because I'm not really understanding you.
Student: Yesterday in my group, somebody said, "Could you say more?" so they could understand the way that somebody was sharing their idea.
Student: Can you say more, because I'm not understanding you.
Student: Yeah, me neither.
Monique LaCour: I know you're facilitator, how did you think that that worked for the group?
Student: Good, so everybody could understand.
Monique LaCour: So we practiced the Sentence Frames as a way to really support respectful, compassionate and highly academic conversation, and really come to a place of collegiality, even in second grade.
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Monique LaCour: Anybody see another Sentence Frame that helps if you're not understanding? Angel, do you see? What do you think?
Angel: I have a question about--
Monique LaCour: Okay, raise your hand if you might have a question you think you could use that Sentence Frame. Let's try it together. "I--"
Class: I have a question about--
Monique LaCour: Perfect!
Monique LaCour: Particularly at Acorn Woodland, and in many populations of students who are English Learners, if you don't know the right way to say it, you might not want to say anything at all. Every way that we can give English Learners a foothold into the conversation, it's gonna enrich not only their learning, but all the people around them.
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Monique LaCour: I heard you change your mind, Ernesto. And I'd love for you to use the Sentence Frame that helps us to explain that to our team.
Ernesto: I would like to realize the thinking. It's not 88, it's 58.
Monique LaCour: Those Sentence Frames, they're so empowering. Students are using vocabulary that really will left them up, you know, and it will be something they can build on for the rest of their educational careers.
Student: You might try using a Sentence Frame.
Student: I would like to defend the answer.
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Monique LaCour: To support a student who would be so worried to share an idea, to be able to support them reading the sentence frame, and then to be able to say it, and then to know when to apply it, suddenly, their ideas are accessible to everyone. And they feel like a part of the learning community.
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23 Comments
Mandie Holsey Dec 4, 2023 11:38am
1. The sentence frames for English Language Learners were very reflective and a resource that was used throughout the day. The students were able to reflect, utilize, and understand how to begin their thought process. It gave them a framework to begin communicating effectively the answer to the question. The students were able to pick which sentence frame they wanted to begin with to answer. This allows the print to reinforce thier thought and with spelling as well.
2.Sentence frames empower students to begin speaking about the topic. Some students are able to give an answer but have trouble knowing where to start. The sentence strips help to reduce the anxiety and issues that occur when students have an issue with speaking publicly. This reinforces their confidence and gives them a sense of being heard and being able to communicate effectively in a different language.
3.I can adapt these sentence frames by giving the students a starter sentence since my students aren't reading yet due to preschool. If I give them sentence starters it allows them to pick up where I left off so they are able to answer the question that is being asked of them.
Yessica Villagrana Sep 17, 2023 8:17pm
Aundrea Gamble Apr 23, 2020 4:01pm
1. Why are sentence frames an effective strategy for English Language Learners?
Sentence frames allows students to have the freedom to ask for help, build on other students ideas and change their thinking. Sentence frames help students explain to their peers what they are actually trying to say.
2. How do sentence frames empower students?
Sentence frames empower students by engaging in respectful and highly academic conversations. By using sentence frames it builds students vocabulary and confidence to say things out loud and apply it to the lesson.
Aidanelly Ortiz Feb 8, 2020 9:44pm
Sentence frames empower ELL to be able to have academic conversations with their peers without having the pressure that they will make a mistake or that they will offend someone with their words. They are a great tool to support ELL's to feel free to talk, to agree, to disagree, and even to ask if they do not understand something in a respectul and civil manner. I personally use them in my classroom and I have seen how students lower their affective filter and participate in class with confidence.
Elnora Scott Feb 2, 2020 6:47am
Sentence screen gives students the chance to improve their ability to question and speack. Using sentence screens elimate incorrect speech usage, because the student is getting positive support to use words correctly. I see sentence screens as a valuable tool for my classroom to increase ELL student's ability to improve communication skills and get more out of discussions.