Our trainer did not talk about a difference between the person you turn and
talk to and who your writing partner is. She said they were both the same.
In Calkins' Units of Study she said that she assigns turn and talk partners.
----------- Original message from Beverlee Paul <[email protected]>:
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> I'm seeing why this post might be causing some confusion...at least in me.
> Yes, there are things to be said for long-term writing partners, whether 9
> weeks or a semester or longer. But what the original poster mentioned was
> Turn and Talk which is a far different instructional piece. We're talking
> about two separate issues here.
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:36 AM, EDWARD JACKSON wrote:
>
> >
> > Why not mix it up and do some of both? Year long turn and talk twosomes
> > with the occasional fruit basket upset?
> >
> >
> > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist
> > Broken Bow, NE
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
> > Join me
> >
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:10:56 +0000
> > > Subject: [MOSAIC] workshop
> > >
> > > Yesterday the grade 3-8 teachers in my district met together to have
> > training on workshop.
> > >
> > > Our trainer said that partners for turn and talk should be kept the same
> > all year. The trainer also said that students should pick their only
> > partners.
> > >
> > > I'd like to move partners around (maybe as often as every six weeks) as I
> > see that certain students could help each other learn more. I also want to
> > pick the partners because there are always some students who want to work
> > together, but they just goof off.
> > >
> > > Letting students choose their partner, and then breaking up that partner
> > group a week later, will create lots of uproar. It's smoother for me to
> > just match the partners from the beginning.
> > >
> > > So... do I really have to let the students pick their partners? If so,
> > why? Do I need to keep the same pairs all year? If so, why?
> > > Jan
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