Wai Chow Public School Sheung Shui P'M'

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Wai Chow Public School (Sheung Shui)(P.M.)

• Small Class Teaching Experience Sharing

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Co-operative Learning

• Why should our pupils learn through co-operative
  learning?
• Positive Interdependence
• Individual Accountability
• Face-to-face Interaction
• Group Skills
• Group Processing

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Grouping of Pupils
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Catering forSpecial Educational Needs

• One-third of pupils come from Mainland China
  poorer family support
• New comers join the class during the term some
  measures have to be taken to help them catch up
• Teacher adopt heterogeneous grouping to cater for
  learning diversity

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Learning Objectivesof the Lesson

• Pupils are able to describe their classmates with
  adjectives that show positive characters, such as
  clever, hardworking and kind.
• Pupils are able to work in groups to make a
  riddle. They write 4-6 sentences to describe a
  persons appearance, personality, and give
  reasons for their descriptions.

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Learning Objectivesof the Lesson

• Pupils can analyze information and guess the
  answers of the riddles.
• Pupils are able to co-operate with each other and
  listen to others.
• Pupils are able to take turns to express their
  ideas and help each other throughout the learning
  process.

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Pupils Previous Knowledge

• Pupils have learnt how to describe peoples
  appearance by using adjectives such as big,
  small, long and short.
• Pupils can use adjectives such as beautiful,
  helpful, and good to describe their classmates.

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Special Considerations when Designing the
Activities
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Breaking the Instructioninto Small Pre-Tasks

• What did I do when I was planning for this
  learning activity?
• Introduce the task through small pre-tasks
• Make use of pupils previous knowledge

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Instruction Methodand Group Regulations
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Some Rulesin Class 2B

• The roles of the group members
• Should I assign pupils' roles at an early stage?
• Everyones effort counts
• Everyone should be on task
• Use the right volume while discussing
• Prepare yourself before you present
• Help each other in the group

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Group Skills

• What are some collaborative skills that my pupils
  learn during the lesson?
• Taking turns equally including everyone
• Sharing materials listening actively
• Following through staying on tasks
• Being responsible contributing ideas
• Controlling anger encouraging others

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Monitoring Group Performance
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Debriefing
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Teachers Review

• What can I do to improve this lesson?
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Tips on Implementation

• What are my considerations when I am planning
  for a cooperative learning activity?
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Tips on Implementation

• What should I do to promote the cooperative
  spirit in my classroom?
• Praise the group as a whole
• Ask pupils to evaluate their own groups
  behaviour
• Write down common goals for the groups to achieve
• Make cooperation a daily practice of the class in
  every lesson