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Building
Effective
Partnerships
2015
Our Work For Today:
*Partnerships will work for all content areas and grade levels.
● The “Why” of partnerships
● How to partner students using instructional reasons
● Teaching students how to be effective partners
● Strategies to use to get started
● Building and Using Anchor charts
Think of partnerships you admire…
Why do you
admire?
What makes them strong?
Why
Partnerships?
Research says…
Why Partnerships?
● we need opportunities to interact through giving and receiving feedback as well as collaborating on writing activities.
● this increases the sense of community in a classroom, as well as encourages students to become engaged in the writing process with their peers.
● establishing partnerships helps with efficiency, expectations, and a consistent routine.
Rehearsal before writingWhy Partnerships?
All of our writing actually starts with cognition and speech. Providing time for rehearsal is actually providing additional thinking time.
During the active engagement part of the minilesson, there is always a spot for partners to rehearse or practice a writing move together. This rehearsal is the part of the “we do”/practice before independent writing. .
Everybody loves feedback. Rehearsing together is an additional way to provide immediate feedback.
Using partnerships
within a classroom,
gives the message
that we can be in
charge of our
learning, and we
can learn from one
another.
Why Partnerships?
Setting Goals…
Partners can push each other to set goals and be accountable to those goals.
Teacher can conference with partners then partners can check in on each other at the end of workshop.
Without writing partnerships With writing partnerships
During Independent Work Time
TEACHERTEACHER
How do I build
partnerships?
Every student is partnered with someone he/she can benefit from in some way. NO EXCEPTIONS!
What are some ways to assess our writers with the idea to build exceptional partners? How can we do this quickly?
Brainstorm with a partner● green partner goes first ● alternating from green then blue, name what
criteria information you might gather from their on-demand writing.
Making Partners
PARTNER A - works very, very slowly and sometimes too carefully
PARTNER B - drafts quickly and freely, gets thoughts down fast
PARTNER A - methodical and strategic about writing
PARTNER B- writes fast all of the time and too sloppy
Structures and Routines
● Partner work should be happening every day. TURN AND TALK IS NOT
PARTNERSHIP TIME
● Partners will sit next to each other during mini-lesson time. (efficiency)
● At the beginning of independent writing/reading time partners tell
each other what they are working on today. At the end of that time,
partners share whether they accomplished their goal or set a new
goal. (accountability/self-assessment)
● Place partner chairs around the room with a five minute timer.
(accountability, stamina, self-assessment)
How do I
partner
students?How do I make partnerships meaningful?!
WANTEDWrite a want ad for a writing
partner. Think of at least 3 things
that you are looking for in a
partner. Be specific. Remember
you are looking for someone that
will help you to become a better
writer.
APPLY to the WANT ADWrite a brief letter to
answer the application or
ad for the writing
partnership job. Include at
least 3 specific skills you
can bring to the
partnership.
Strategy Two: Videotape
Pay close attention to what
the students are saying and
doing. What does the teacher offer
this partnership?
What are some benefits of
videotaping your student
partnerships?
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Methods to Teach Partners
demonstration Proficient Partner
Ghost Partner Fishbowl
FISH BOWL
Find willing partners to
display their partner
dialogue while the rest of
the class observes. Then
students discuss and
sometimes suggest how
to improve.
(midworkshop share?)
ASKING OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
What are you working on?
Can you show me where you tried that?
How can I help you?
Productive Powerful
Partnerships Set goals
Summary Checklist
3. Structure and Routine!
2. Make them meaningful
1. Establish partners
LASTLY...
1. Find yourself a partner
that will push you to be
better.
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