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Teacher: You aren’t paying attention to me. Are you having trouble hearing?
Definition:
Have you ever
wondered what a chalk talk method is!!
It is a technique that creates a conversation , mutual
opinions and comments among learners through
writing.
Chalk Talk is a silent conversation in writing that allows
students to have an equal opportunity to participate.
It is a versatile
protocol that can be used for many
purposes. Students and teachers love it.
A chalk talk is a monologue presentation done while
the speaker draws. It is usually done with chalk, hard
crayon, or
pastel, or with dry-erase markers on a
whiteboard. The chalk talk
method of teaching focuses
on the blackboard and the lecturer's voice
and also the
activities – to be precise,the physical activities.!
Its Uses:
1-It can be used in doing the "Warm up" of the lesson.
Learners can have a look at the title
of the lesson and
can guess the contents of the lesson.
2-It can be used in doing
feedback at the end of the
lesson as a method for learners to answer
the following
question: What have we learnt today?
3- It can be used through
implementing group work
procedure as the group presenter can use his
chalk to
add his group comment or to add his group's opinion
or question.
Through using" chalk talk" in the 3 previous items ,
the teacher can do a self -reflection when he sees
the "chalk talk" done by learners and he can compare
it with the learning objectives of the lesson.
The Chalk Talk thinking routine provides an opportunity
for everyone to be given a chance to be
heard.
Thinking becomes visible and it encourages students
to consider others' viewpoints.
There are so many times that a Chalk Talk is my go-to
method to
jump start a lesson or find out what my
students are thinking at any point in time. There's also
a personal reason I'm a fan of Chalk Talks.
Being an incredibly shy student in elementary school,
my ideas were
rarely heard. Those brave enough to
raise their hands or shout out, however, were heard
by all.
Chalk Talks provide a forum for introverted
or hesitant
students to share their ideas with peers. Below are
some of
the many other reasons I've found Chalk
Talks to be useful.
Examples:
1-Example 1:
I can write the letter "A" on the blackboard and put it in
a circle. Learners can come to the blackboard and write
the words apples, apron, ask, answer but others
can write:
it is the first letter, it comes before C , it starts the word
"American" and another writes a word that has the letter
3 times like the word " Banana" and so on.
2-Example 2:
