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Teacher Learning Community « Teaching Children to Disagree Not long ago I watched an animated group of second graders happily share their opinions about a children's picture book. They were responding to their teacher's open-ended question about what might have motivated one of the characters in the book. As they chatted with partners, I heard students say things like, "I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with that because on this page, the author said, . . ." or "I see what you're saying, but I wonder if . . ." Wow, these were second graders! First, simply by teaching an Interactive Modeling lesson on a particular skill or routine, we create an expectation and a vision for students. Second, the structure of Interactive Modeling gave the students a chance to see and hear what respectful disagreement might look and sound like. In the days and weeks after the lesson, the teacher had given the students opportunities to keep practicing these skills in real-life classroom situations. These second graders are already so far ahead of me!