Kagan Structures Brittany Wonnacott Cooperative Learning Kagan Structures Brittany Wonnacott

Sweetwater County’s vision Preparing teachers Using the structures Background Sweetwater County’s vision Preparing teachers Using the structures

Why do cooperative learning? Enhances Academic Achievement Closing the Achievement Gap Improving Race Relations Filling the Social Void Increased motivation

Why does cooperative learning work? Positive Interdependence I Individual Accountability E Equal Participation S Simultaneous Interactions

Teaming Your groups Low High Groups of four Heterogeneous groups Medium High Medium Low Low Easy way to set up jobs Easy way to call on students High Medium High Low Medium Low

Fan and Pick Team building structure to make your teams dddd Team building structure to make your teams work more effectively.

Fan and Pick Student #1 holds question cards in a fan and says, “Pick a card, any card!” Student #2 picks a card, reads the question aloud, and allows 5 second of think time. Student #3 answers the question Student #4 responds to the answer Praises/coaches/paraphrases answer Rotate roles

Fan and Pick Setup: premade cards, mat Cards have no specific content today You can create cards that fit your content area Open ended questions work best

Fan and Pick Get in groups of 4 Locate mat Get out your cards REMEMBER TO ROTATE Play

Jot Thoughts Setup: Students have multiple slips of paper (sticky notes/recycled paper) Teacher names topic, sets a time limit, and provides think time Students announce idea, write it down, and try to cover the table Say it, write it, put it down No slips overlap, only one idea per paper, no repeats

Jot Thoughts Vocabulary word of the day is… integers A positive or negative whole number, that is not a fraction or decimal Example: -1, -123, 0, 13, 654 5 slips of paper Get more if needed

Integers Write down examples Who uses integers Where have you seen integers When would you use an integer Example Temperature is normally reported as a integer - temperature

Stand up-Hand up- Pair up Students stand up Keep one hand up Find a partner and give them a high five Put your hand down Guide people to a person who also has their hand up Welcome a team member if you have one left Share and Praise

Stand up-Hand up-Pair up Greeting: Lucky to be working with you today Person closest to the ceiling go first How are you going to use the structures in your classroom? Praise: Wow, what a brilliant answer! Switch Praise: Your ideas are fantastic! Good – bye: Have a great day. Back to seat

Quiz-Quiz-Trade Stand up – Hand up – Pair up Greeting Partner A quizzes B Partner B answers Partner A praises or coaches If you coached, ask the question again Partners switch roles Trade cards Find a new partner

Reflection 1 – What was the most important thing you learned today? 2 – What structure will you use in your classroom when you get back? 3 – What questions do you still have about cooperative learning? 4 – Why should we use cooperative learning?

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