A
question board for a first grade classroom prepares students
to listen carefully to details in a teacher-read book to
find answers to their questions (who,
what, where, when, why, how)
|
|
|
|
| Partners
for math problem solving are working at the same academic level
and are asked to prove their answers. |
|
|
| Two
second graders are collaborating on their Independent Investigative
Method (research model). They are determining if they have
enough information in one category. |
|
|
| After
researching and preparing for a classroom presentation, this
fourth grader is demonstrating a 'how to' for her classmates.
FAQs follow her presentation. |
|
|
| High
level middle school literature circle is participating in team
sharing; leadership is shared and rotated. The leader determines
the quality of the group's participation and understanding
and reports to the teacher. |
|
|
| Students
rotate through learning stations in a social studies classroom
at the junior high. They are responsible for completing
various tasks as they go through each station. This group is
working in a team of four but each student will be expected
to share her new information through journaling. |
|
|
|
| Fourth
graders are investigating the power of ten. This group is working
as a team to put really large numbers is a sequential pattern.
Each team is homogeneously grouped and is assigned a different
set of numbers. |
|
|
|
| A
fourth grader has created a personal thinking poster using
the 6 levels of thinking around a topic he is very familiar
with - the Yankees. The
poster is referred to throughout the year to help the student
formulate questions at all levels of thinking. |
|
|
|
