Some may have missed this post about a month ago. https://benslavic.com/blog/check-this-out-2/ Also, Angie asked me to add this video to our video collection on the hard link above. As I rewatched it, I had the sound off and was struck at the grace of movement and soft artistry/use of arms and hands to support ideas and […]
We have Bryce’s Dual Entry Form for when we send kids to a colleague. Diane shares a few slightly different forms, but it’s the same idea: Alternative plan – word list Alternative plan Somehow during September we missed a “storm of the century” going on in Diane’s classroom with one student. I am looking to
From Steven: Hi Ben, I’ve noticed in a story you wrote that you use “inversion” to ask questions. My experience, which is narrow, is that not very many people use inversion when speaking. Is this because you want to students to become familiar in more academic or formal writing styles? My circling involves adding the
This is from Eric. It ties together stories and interviews: …after the TPRS 3 steps, do the “Special Person” (aka personal interview) of the character(s) from the story….
When interviewing kids we now have six options. I’m posting them here for ease of reference, with a new category for this increasingly popular way of doing CI in our classrooms: Special Chair (Jody) https://benslavic.com/blog/?s=special+chair Persona Especial (Bryce) http://www.brycehedstrom.com/wp-content/uploads/LA-PERSONA-ESPECIAL-CLASSROOM-POSTER-Other-Questions.pdf Star of the Week (Sabrina) https://benslavic.com/blog/category/star-of-the-week/ (multiple articles) House Interview (Angie) https://benslavic.com/blog/category/house-interview/ Pets Interview (Robert) https://benslavic.com/blog/pet-interviews/ Dream Job (Diane) – suggested for upper
Robert adds another interview topic to our list of interview activities. This time it’s pets. Of course, this may be an activity we all do, but it needs to be categorized for reference. So thank you Robert for this description, offered here first back in 2015 : Students were divided into three groups. Each group
Lance has given this update with some changes by Sabrina on Star of the Week. I like how simple it is: There are notable changes Sabrina has made that everyone should be aware of before adapting this year-long activity to suit their own style, and community. Sabrina’s process: – Create spreadsheet with the questions, and the response/statement frames.
This site can be confusing for newer people. To address that, I suggest the following: I assume that you already accept the TPRS/CI methodology so the numerous articles here on that topic are not what a new person would probably want to read. Rather, the benefits in these pages for new people lie in the
A cool thing happened today when I was asking how an actor (in the tent story) felt in reaction to being scared by a ghost, and how the ghost felt. All the kids’ eyes shot up to the list of answers to greetings over the board. This list was created first by Sabrina and was
Angie has come up with something timely. It fits in with the big shift into really compelling personalized input in the form of focused interviews with students that started over ten years ago with the “Special Chair” strategy from Jody Noble to the new and wildly popular Star of the Day strategy from Sabrina. (I remember
Annette Sechrist has recreated a few or our rigor posters in a nicer format: Expectations for student success Students Success Chart
Jim just launched his new website so now you can easily get either a hard copy ($25) or ecopy ($15) of his stories. Here is the link: www.trippsscripts.com For those new to using story scripts in a TPRS class who would like a nice safe foundation for your stories, Jim’s catch the attention of kids,
