4PA Update

This week, students will be completing the Chalk Talk learning task from last week. They will continue to engage in written conversations about "The Old Man and His Affectionate Son".  We will take some time to debrief and reflect upon the ideas that were written as well as focus on student performance.  Students will be responsible for answering the following questions:  What was easy about the learning task?  What was interesting and challenging about the learning task?  What was too hard about the learning task?

Students will also be viewing a TED Talk about ageism and, afterward, they will participate in a backchanneling learning task during which they will be asked to respond to some important questions related to the video.  

A backchannel is a great classroom tool because it can be used to:

• Give all students an opportunity to participate
• Encourage questions
• Allow for students to process and engage at their own pace
• Extend discussions outside of class time
• Make thinking visual
• Great for introverts
• Provide a record of participation
• Hold students accountable
• Get real-time feedback
• Discuss thoughts during a read-aloud
• Share ideas during a group project

At the end of the week, students will participate in a team debate carousel to explore the following scenario:  A society does not have enough resources to feed all of its people. There is a proposal to take all people over the age of 70 into the mountains and let them fend for themselves.

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