And i’m piloting a 45-minute micro-teaching hour on Jan 9 at 4:00 p.m. in Gallery 2. Bring a 3-minute object talk; I’ll supply a short rubric and model feedback so we can sharpen pacing and align with the new family tour outcomes. If you can’t make it, would a Zoom follow-up on Friday at noon be helpful?
I’m in for Jan 9; my go-to for a “3-minute object talk” is to open with one sensory question (“What does this feel like to hold?”) and reserve 20–30 seconds for a quick kid response so pacing still hits the family outcomes — if the object’s delicate, a photo surrogate keeps timing clean. If we can’t make Gallery 2 at 4:00, is the Friday noon Zoom confirmed?
I’ve found the quickest way to hit the ‘3-minute object talk’ cleanly is to write my closing line first and run a silent timer for 2:40, leaving a 20-second wrap to tie it to the new family tour outcomes. If Gallery 2 is crowded at 4:00, facing the long wall keeps the sound focused. Could the rubric flag a clear ‘next-stop’ line as a pacing check?
@cnelson55 I plant a clear “next stop” line right after my opening — “we’ll end at the doorway to compare scale” — so kids pace with me and the wrap lands faster; tiny caveat: I rehearse the exact phrasing so it doesn’t feel rushed. Worth adding a checkbox for that?
I cue a single action verb midstream to keep momentum — I jot ‘trace’ on my thumb and prompt kids to use it on the contour before we pivot to a family takeaway; if the object is too fragile or abstract, I swap to a quick ‘air-draw and freeze’ instead. Friday noon Zoom works for me if we can each do a 2-minute live demo.