Chapters 8-10 Teach, Okay!

Chapters 8-10: Teach, Okay

Write a short dialogue demonstrating the use of Teach-Okay in one of your favorite lessons.

Scene: 3rd grade math class

Teacher:   Classity class!
Students: Yessity yes!
Teacher:  (Teacher gestures while speaking) We are going to learn about multiplication. It will be fun and exciting. Tell your partner how excited you are to be learning about multiplication. Teach!
Students: Okay! (Students teach their partners and use hand gestures.)
Teacher:   Class!
Students: Yes!
Teacher:   Multiplication is another word for repeated addition. That means 2x3 is the same as two threes added together. Teach!  (Hold up three fingers on each hand and move them together.)
Students: Okay! (Students teach their partners and use hand gestures.)
Teacher: Switch!
Students: Switch! (Partners give each other a high five while saying switch. Then the second student teaches the information to his/her partner.)
Teacher:   Oh Class! (Clap clap)
Students: Oh Yes!  (Clap clap)
Teacher:   (Hold up 2 fingers three times.) If we have 3x2, that would mean that you could add 2+2+2. Easy peasy! Teach!
Students: Okay! (Students teach their partners and use hand gestures.)
Teacher:   (Gesture to show mind picture and pretend drawing a picture.) You can also create a picture in your mind or draw pictures of the number group repeated. We can use multiplication to find the total when we have repeated groups of the same size. Teach!
Students: Okay! (Students teach their partners and use hand gestures.)
Teacher:   If we have 2 extra minutes for recess for 4 days in a row, you could say that you had 2x4=8 extra minutes of recess for the week. (Hold up two sets of 4 on your hands.) Teach!
Students: Okay! (Students teach their partners and use hand gestures.)
Teacher: Let's review. Multiplication is easy because we all know that adding is easy. Multiplication is a quick way of finding the total when we have many groups of the same number. Tell your partner how fun it feels to learn about multiplication! Teach!
Students: Okay! (Students tell their partner "how fun it feels to learn about multiplication.")