We wanted to follow up from our Reading-Based Socratic Seminar professional learning morning from September.  So many of you responded positively from the experience, and we also received some feedback that you would have liked to see a Socratic Seminar in action.  

Throughout each building and at varying grade levels, teachers and students have been taking steps to implement the Socratic Seminar in a manner that scaffolds for their grade level. We would like to take a few minutes to share some examples of students who are taking an active role in reading-based discussions through socratic seminar.  Some examples we have seen in person and others have been shared on Twitter. All teachers have agreed to share their experience here as a way of growing our professional learning together.  We know there are more of you who we have missed.  Please share.  We would love to showcase your work.

If you are looking to explore how socratic seminar in your classroom, don’t hesitate to let us know.

Please leave any questions or comments for us below!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is an example of socratic seminar in writing workshop (single circle).

 

Teachers starting the double circle approach may need to do some scaffolding.  Here is an example of a first attempt in second grade.

 

Here is an example of a double circle in a third grade class.