Model the discussion first
Before kids discuss, we fishbowl it. Four students talk in the middle while everyone else watches for one thing, like "Who built on someone else's idea?" Then we name what we saw and post the sentence stems on the board.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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