Classbuilding and Teambuilding! Cooperative Learning Strategies

Reflect What percentage of the time do you talk during a class period? Research shows on average in the United States teachers do almost 80% of the talking in a classroom.

Reflect What percentage of your students are overtly active engaged at once in your classroom? 4% - (1/28) 25% - (7/28) 50% - (14/28)

“ There is nothing more unequal than volunteer participation in a heterogeneous classroom” Spencer Kagan

Stand – n – Share Make a list of methods you use to have students show what they have learned.

Stand – n - Share All students stand with their own list. Teacher calls on one student to share Students add the shared item to their list if they don’t have it or check it off if they do. Students sit when all their items are shared, continuing to add each new item to their list. When all students are seated, Stand- n-Share is complete.

Pre-Algebra/Algebra Stand – n - Share List true statements about this diagram.

7 th Merit Stand-n-Share List everything you remember about the topic: Order of Operations

Think Pair Share What would you do if you had $1000 to spend in your classroom right now? Think Time Share

Think Pair Share 1. Teacher announces topic and time 2. Think time 3. A shares; B listens 4. B responds and praises 5.B shares; A listens 6.A responds and praises

7 th Merit Think Pair Share Look at this list of examples. What do they have in common? Write a rule for this type of example = = = = =6 4

Pre-Algebra/Algebra Think Pair Share Please work with your shoulder partner. What are the ways that you can graph a linear equation? Think Time Share

Make A Stand Your birthday is in this month. You have been teaching more than 10 years. You would choose cheesecake over chocolate.

Make A Stand 1.Give New Identity 2.Stand up if the statement is true about you!

Algebra/Pre-Algebra Make A Stand Pick up one of the pink papers on your table. The graph is your new “identity”. Take a moment to think about what you know about your new identity. Talk to your shoulder partner about what you two have in common.

Make A Stand Has a positive slope Has a negative y-intercept Has an undefined slope. Has no x-intercept.

Find the Fiction Write three things about yourself…two facts and one fiction. Share your three things with your partner(s)- can they figure out which one is false?

Find the Fiction Teammates write 3 statements: 2 true and 1 false. One student on each team stands, and then reads his or her statements to teammates. With out consulting teammates each student writes down his or her own best guess as to which statement is false. Teammates Round Robin and defend their “best guess” (Note: teacher may or may not ask teams to attempt to reach consensus) Teammates announce their guess The standing student announces the false statement. Students celebrate!

Algebra/Pre-Algebra Find the Fiction: y = 3x This line has a y-intercept that is odd 2.This line is parallel to the line y = 3x – 4. 3.This line has a positive slope.

Merit 7 Find the Fiction 1) a 5 ●a 4 =a 9 2) c 2 +c 3 =c 5 3) b 6  b 2 =b 4

Quiz-Quiz-Trade Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up Partner A quiz Partner B answers Partner A Praise and/or coach Switch roles Partners trade cards Repeat Let’s try it with the green cards!

Algebra/Pre-Algebra Quiz-Quiz-Trade Use the blue cards to “quiz” students on matching ordered pairs with graphed points.

Merit 7 Quiz Quiz Trade Great activity for reviewing for tests, or even just for practice after learning a new concept. You can give students questions that have been prepared (with or without solutions), or you can have students write their own questions on the topic.

If I could be an animal for a day, I would be a … 1.Bear 2.Dog 3.Cat 4.Monkey

Four Corners 1.Read the question 2.Go to the corner that best describes you or your opinion 3.Pair up with a partner within each corner 4.Pair-share about why you chose this corner 5.Paraphrase your partner’s reason

Algebra/Pre-Algebra Four Corners Look at the example on your card. What property is it modeling? Go to that corner and justify your choice to other people in your corner Commutative Identity Distributive Associative

Merit 7 Four Corners Which quadrant does your point belong to? Go to the corner of the room labeled with your quadrant number. If your point is on an axis, stand in the middle of the room. What do the points of people in your corner have in common? Walk around the room, then switch cards.

A few other strategies: Sage and Scribe –One student solves problem verbally while other checks and records. Find Someone Who –Students walk around the room and find someone who can solve one of the problems from their sheet. Placemat Consensus –Students first work independently, recording their work on a corner of the paper. Next, group comes to a consensus and records work in the middle of the paper.

Wikispace fcpsmathlessonsharing.wikispaces.com Please sign in with your name and school and I’ll send you an with an invitation to join the wikispace!