1. Numbered Heads Together
A Cooperative Learning Strategy

2. Purpose To check for understanding and review
To create active involvement
To create interaction among students
To help master basic facts and information

3. Structure Students number off
Teacher announces a question and a time limit
Students put their heads together
Teacher calls a number

4. Fishbowl Teacher models the activity to the class.
Tell the students to appoint a ‘Checker’ who will make sure that everyone knows the answer.

5. Questions
Put your heads together and name the structure of a Narrative.

6. Make sure that everyone in the team can describe what goes in the Orientation of a Narrative.

7. Make sure that everyone in the team can give at least five skills that good readers use when reading.

8. Put your heads together and state whether true or false.
“Reading is linked to Thinking”
Give reasons for your answer.

9. Make sure you can all state what an ‘open question’ and a ‘closed question’ is. Give one example each.

10. What should you do after you have written your first draft
What should you do after you have written your first draft? You have thirty seconds to make sure everyone on your team knows the answer.

11. Put your heads together and state
The purpose of a Narrative
The purpose of a Procedure

12. What colours would best describe peace and happiness
What colours would best describe peace and happiness? You have 30 seconds to make sure everyone on your team knows this answer.

13. Reflection What did I enjoy about this activity?
What did I find challenging?
I think I should work on…