The video of successful teams showed that team members spoke in about equal proportions (turn taking). Also, they had a high average of social sensitivity and could read what others were thinking. I am not sure that our students have a well-developed understanding of taking turns equally or being socially sensitive to one another. As I went through the reading, I felt that our students do have a strong sense of data literacy, as well as tech savviness. I think they could work more on their critical thinking and not giving up when things get tough, as well as being adaptable and flexible in different settings and situations.
I do think that when we are in ELA, students are not working to their true potential (critical thinking and persevering) with the skills we are practicing (theme, main idea and supporting details, etc.) A lot of prompting and pushing is required to get them to put more effort and work in, as well as to use text evidence to support their thinking and give more expanded explanations. In some ways, I would say their collaboration is strong, and in other ways, I think they need to work more on it to be truly harmonious when working together. I think emotional intelligence/social sensitivity is one area they also need to work on, and we are doing more with SEL and emotional check-ins/weekly circle time that I think will help this.
I do think that when we are in ELA, students are not working to their true potential (critical thinking and persevering) with the skills we are practicing (theme, main idea and supporting details, etc.) A lot of prompting and pushing is required to get them to put more effort and work in, as well as to use text evidence to support their thinking and give more expanded explanations. In some ways, I would say their collaboration is strong, and in other ways, I think they need to work more on it to be truly harmonious when working together. I think emotional intelligence/social sensitivity is one area they also need to work on, and we are doing more with SEL and emotional check-ins/weekly circle time that I think will help this.