1. Work Smarter, Not Harder Success with Structures
Tessa Ansari and Elise Landrum
Elise—Intro
Kellie--Intro
Tessa—Intro
Share short experience

2. Objectives
Content: Participants will engage in several cooperative learning structures while learning about building effective teams.
Language: Participants will discuss factors influencing student seat assignments during a brainstorming structure.
Allow Participants to read

3. “Verbalization leads to internalization” by Spencer Kagan
Teamwork vs. Groupwork
Video Clip
“Verbalization leads to internalization” by Spencer Kagan

4. Cooperative Learning Structures
StandUp, HandUp, PairUp
Share the following with your partner:
Your name
Where you will be teaching.
What you teach
How long have you been teaching.
Linda

5. Forming Teams AllWrite RoundRobin Question???
What are some things that you consider when assigning seats in your classroom?
Linda

6. Our List Academic ability Accommodations (SPED, 504, ELL) Gender
Ethnicity
Personality
Sports and extracurricular activities
Where students prefer to sit (ask on student survey)
Tessa—Show cards

7. More About Teams Keep the same teams for 5—7 weeks. Teams of 4—ideal
Arranging desks
TEssa

8. Forming Teams Setup: Class Rosters Student Grades Accommodations Tessa
SET-UP: Class Lists
1 card per student
Color code—1 color per class

9. Forming Teams Step 1: Make Cards Name Scores UIL 504, SPED, etc…
Ethnicity Seating Preference
Tessa
Make cards

10. Forming Teams Step 2: Form Teams Medium High High Low Medium Low 4 1 3
Tessa
Step 2: Sort Cards
Low
Medium Low

11. Forming Teams Do the math: Remainders: 1= one team of five
2=two teams of three
Mediums and Highs or All Mediums
3=one team of three
All mediums or medium highs M
Tessa M M

12. More Cooperative Structures
RallyRobin
Think!!
RallyRobin anything that you can remember about forming teams
Linda

13. Cooperative Structures
Find Someone Who…
Quiz, Quiz, Trade
Tessa – Quiz Quiz Quiz Trade
Linda – Find Someone Who

14. One more structure Think-Write-RoundRobin Question???
What are two things that you will take away from this session to use in your classroom?
Linda

15. Teamwork Video
Pivot Video
Linda