Let us Rock You with Cooperative Learning Strategies to Rock the Block

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Let us Rock You with Cooperative Learning
Strategies to Rock the Block
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Cooperative Learning Groups

• When you peek into a cooperative learning
  classroom, the first thing you notice is the
  seating arrangement
• Students are seated in teams.

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Lets Make SquaresGroup Work

• Building Squares
• Objective Using the craft sticks provided create
  square's using all 12 sticks. The first round you
  will create one, followed by 2, 3, 4, After
  each pattern is complete make a picture of how it
  looked.

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Lets Make Squares RulesGroup Work

• Always Allowed

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Lets Make SquaresGroup Work
Extra (strips that do not contribute to making a
square)

• Never Allowed

Stacking
Slides Touching
Open Ends
Bending and Folding
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Lets Make SquaresCooperative Learning

• Building Squares
• Objective Using the craft sticks provided create
  square's using all 12 sticks. The first round you
  will create one, followed by 2, 3, 4, After
  each pattern is complete make a picture of how it
  looked.
• Group Rules
• Each teammate gets three sticks with a unique
  color. Only you may touch your own sticks, but
  your sticks can cross the sticks of teammates.
• Each Member of the group must take a turn
  recording the results.

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What is the difference between group work and
cooperative learning?

• Group Work

• Cooperative Learning

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Reflection
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Strategies for incorporating Cooperative
Learning
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Ready Set Go
Touch Down
Take Off
Stand Up
Sit Down
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Ready Set Go
When the question does not apply to you, Touch
Down or sit down.
When the question applies to you, Take Off or
stand up.
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Reflection
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Strategy for Checking Homework

• Rally Robin
• Students take turns comparing answers
• with their Shoulder Partners (person
• sitting next to them).
• If necessary go to Face Partner (person
• sitting across from them).

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• C3B4ME

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Strategy for Checking Homework

• Stand Up Hand Up Pair Up
• Students stand up , put their hands up, and
  quickly find a partner with whom to share or
  discuss.

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Reflection
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Talking Chips

• The teacher provides a discussion topic and
  provides think time.
• Any student may begin the discussion by placing
  his/her chip in the center of the table.
• Students left with a chip continue the discussion
  using his/her chip.
• When all chips are used, teammates each collect
  their chips and continue the discussion using
  their talking chips.

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Reflection
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Strategies for Guided Practice

• Showdown
• Pattern Puzzles
• Pick a Card

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Showdown

• When the Showdown Captain calls, Showdown!
  teammates all display their own answers. Teammate
  either celebrate or coach, and then celebrate.

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Showdown

• 1.The teacher selects one student on each team to
  be the Showdown Captain for the first round.
• 2. The Showdown Captain draws the top card, reads
  the question, and provides think time.
• 3. Working alone, all students, including the
  Captain, write their answers.
• 4. When finished, teammates signal theyre ready
  by turning their papers over.
• 5. The Showdown Captain calls, Showdown.
• 6. Teammates show and discuss their answers.
• 7. The Showdown Captain leads the checking.
• 8. If correct, the team celebrates if not
  teammates tutor or coach, then celebrate.
• 9.The person on the left of the Showdown Captain
  becomes the Showdown Captain for the next round.

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Reflection
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Pattern Puzzles

• Student will practice solving multi-step
  equations and justifying steps.

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Reflection
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Pick a Card

• Step 1. One student holds question cards in a fan
  and says Pick a Card, any Card!
• Step 2. The student that picks the card reads the
  question aloud and allows 5 seconds of Think
  Time.
• Step 3. The third student answers the question.
• Step 4. The fourth student coaches and
  paraphrases the answer of the third student.

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Reflection
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Quiz Quiz Trade

• Students will quiz a partner, get quizzed by a
  partner, and then trade card to repeat the
  process with a new partner.

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Quiz Quiz Trade

• 1.The teacher tells students to
• Stand up, put a hand up, and pair up.
• 2. Partner A quizzes B
• 3. Partner B answers.
• 4. Partner A praises or coaches.
• 5. Partners switch roles.
• 7. Repeat steps 1-6 a number of times.

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Reflection
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Higher Order Thinking

• The teacher provides a task to which there are
  multiple possible responses, and think time.
• 2. Students take turns passing a paper and
• pencil each writing one answer or
• making a contribution.

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Thank you! We hope we have provided strategies
to Rock the Block.

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• This workshop is not presented, sponsored, or
  endorsed by Kagan Publishing and Professional
  Development