I enjoy the opportunity to read about and view classrooms that are rich in good discussion. It is such a different dynamic from a lot of the classroom I remember as a young learner. I know that this blog is for 3rd grade but it turns out my placement is a second grade classroom. (As a side note: I still overall want to teach third graders once I am out in the real world) My CT has done a great job establishing a classroom rich in dialogue between teacher and student and also between peers. The other day was a great example of that. The CT read the class the book Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting. He then told them that they would be revisiting this book the next day and asked if there were any questions that we can try to answer after reading it a second time. I was so impressed with how many hands shot up and how involved they became in the story. The CT wrote every question down on the whiteboard. As one question would be written down it would lead another student to think of a new question. After everyone had their questions recorded he reminded them that these are all questions that we are going to try to answer next reading period. I’m excited to see where the discussion is going to go during the answer section. It appears that he has a well established norm in his classroom regarding classroom discussion. He did not have to offer many reminders to stay on task and the kids seemed to know what their expected roles were.