Cooperative+Learning


 * Student Engagement Activities ** **Encouraging Students to Work TOGETHER! **
 * Student Engagement Activities **
 * [[file:tigerliteracy/Active_Participatioin_Strategies.docx|Active Participation Strategies]]- **20 activities to increase student engagement during lessons
 * [[file:tigerliteracy/K-5-Energizers.pdf|Classroom Energizers]]- **ways to integrate physical activity with academic concepts

**Kagan Structures ** **- this powerpoint gives instructions for a variety of the structures ** ** and - students brainstorm and share possible answers to topics or questions** **- students tape index cards to their heads that have important people from a unit, rotate around room asking yes/no questions about the person** **- students form and rotate in circles facing partners and posing questions** **- students mix and partner up according to information on given cards, discuss topic in partners** **- students number off in groups, teacher calls number, that student answers question** **- students work in groups with shoulder and face partners, coaching eachother while working** **- students work in A and B partners coaching eachother on given problems** **- students pass around a piece of paper where they answer/comment on a common question/topic** **- student "captain" draws from stack of cards, asks question, students write answers, show answers** **- students agree or disagree with given topics/statements, then discuss correct answer** **- students pair up and interview eachother, then pair with another pair to share** **- student pair up and discuss a given topic for a specified time** **- individual students become experts on a topic and then share in their group**