Teaching Activities

Teaching Activities

Exit Slip
Ask students what they learned that day or with their readings

Graphic Organizers– Use this to see how things are connected

1. With the outer circles, look at the differences between to objects or topics
2. Where the two circles connect, look at how the two objects or topics connect

Group Work

1. Ask students to write their group’s thoughts on the large sheet of paper that is provided
2. Give them 12 minutes to work
3. Students need to have the following roles in their groups:
4. Recorder b. Timer c. Summarizer             d. Reporter
5. Debrief …

Jigsaw– students learn from each other

1. A group of students become experts in a particular topic- they discuss their learning with each other to expand their knowledge
2. Each student from different expert groups for another group and share what they learned from their expert groups with this new group

Picture Sequencing– scaffolding for speech and different forms of writing

1. Take a set of pictures that are simple and sequential
2. Each student in the group receives a card
3. Students are not allowed to their card to the others
4. Students must describe their card to each other
5. The group will then decide which order the cards should be placed- the sequence

Progressive Brainstorm– interactive- students share their knowledge about a topic

1. Students are divided into small groups where they receive a sheet of paper. On it there is a specific question or topic
2. Students are given about 5-10 minutes to brainstorm
3. After the time is up, each group move to the next group’s table. They leave their paper behind but keep their own pen (each group gets a different coloured pen).
4. Each group adds their ideas to the next group’s paper
5. This process is continued every 5-10 minutes until they all arrive back to their original places
6. After all of the groups have had a chance to write on each other’s sheet of paper, each group reads their collaborated ideas to the rest of the class

Questions
Leave out paper for students to write a question on it- if they have any questions. The students do not need to write their names on it

Wonder!
Ask students- “What do you wonder?”- build a unit / curriculum around the answers