Cooperative+Learning+Groups


 * April 8, 2012 || Nolan McClosky || []

[] || Great example of cards that explain a students roles within a group and a great link that explains how to structure cooperative learning groups. || [] || A great cheat sheet for creating Cooperative Learning activities in your classroom. || || a poster i should have in my classroom || Saccone || || It is good to let your students know from the beginning that it is important to establish a good classroom community where the kids will be working together. || Good Quotes: "The purpose of cooperative learning groups is to make each member a stronger individual in his or her own right." "To be cooperative a group must have clear positive interdependence, members must promote each other's learning and success face-to-face, hold each other personally and individually accountable to do his or her fair share of the work, appropriately use the interpersonal and small-group skills needed for cooperative efforts to be successful, and process as a group how effectively members are working together." || This article is geared toward higher education classroom, but has knowledge that can be applied to the elementary classroom. || [] || I love this little circle that helps decide who gets which responsibility in a group! This is also a great blog page with plenty more things like this. || 1. Positive Interdependence 2. Face-To-Face Interaction 3. Individual Accountability 4. Social Skills 5. Group Processing Group members share the various roles and are interdependent in achieving the group learning goal. While the academic task is of primary importance, students also learn the importance of maintaining group health and harmony, and respecting individual views. cooperative learning groups strategies || Peer Partner Learning || Thompson || || In all ages students will work together even when its an easy task such as building blocks. || Thompson || || By working together also makes activities fun when learning. || April 20th
 * March27,2012 || Prof.Hollatz || www.reading.org InternationalReadingAssociation || This is a wonderful website with many helpful resources for classroom management of reading programs. ||
 * 3/28/12 || Anita Calph ||  || 5-minute video about ... Structured Groups: Making group-__work__ __work__. [All grades, all subjects, group work] ||
 * 3/28/12 || shannon klinger || Cooperative Learning Groups || A website based on the importance of learning groups ||
 * 3/28 || shannon klinger || [[image:ctxclassroommanagement/341989564_H7GvWLBi_c.jpg]] || An __idea__ for teacher to student cooperation. ||
 * 3/31/12 || Joy Busby || [] || This is a great site on tips for group work ||
 * 4/2/12 || Madeline Miles ||= [[image:http://www.lauracandler.com/images/cooplearn.jpg align="center" caption="Cooperative Learning"]]
 * 4/2/12 || Madeline Miles || media type="youtube" key="MpF9t-mr098?version=3" height="360" width="480" || A cute video about the Jigsaw classroom which is a very popular type of cooperative learning groups. ||
 * 4/3/12 || Stephanie Warwick || [] || THINK, PAIR, SHARE! ||  ||
 * 4/3/12 || Stephanie Warwick || [|http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~elc/learning1.html] || Website with tips and tricks about cooperative learning and its roles! ||
 * 4/4/12 || Brooke Stade || http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/content/cooperative/ || This is a great website that provides teachers with different cooperative learning strategies that can be used in the classroom! ||
 * 4/4/12 || __Brooke__ Stade || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGimtrwVF1g || This is a simple and effective tool to encourage collaborative learning in the classroom. ||
 * 4/5/12 || Tabatha Muraida || [[image:http://blogs.rockingham.k12.va.us/highlights/files/2012/03/ferek-students.jpg align="center"]] || This __game__ encourages team work and collaboration among one another to work as a team to get to your destination. ||
 * 4/5/12 || Tabatha Muraida || [] || This website gives you multiple variations of cooperative learning techniques that you can use in the classroom. ||
 * 4/5/12 || Hong Vo || []
 * 4/5/12 || Hong Vo || media type="youtube" key="WPoBA18Q_3g" height="315" width="420" || great video to introduce group work ||
 * 4/5/12 || Anita Calph || [] || Hula-Hoop Management ||
 * 4/9/12 || Erin Fredenburg || [[image:ctxclassroommanagement/270778996315693757_QwsJMeCr_c.jpg link="http://www.cooperativelearning365.com/"]] || This is a great blog that is filled with cooperative learning ideas for behavior and activities to engage all students. ||
 * 4/9/12 || Erin Fredenburg || [[image:ctxclassroommanagement/children.gif link="http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm#activities"]] || This is a good website that describes what cooperative learning is and gives some ideas of activities to do with students such as think-pair-share and round robin brainstorming ||
 * 4/9/12 || Christine Voigt || media type="youtube" key="aFjn2uqbCbc" height="360" width="480" || This video is a good tool to use when your class might be having difficulties getting along in groups. Group work cannot be successful unless the entire group respects each other. ||
 * 4/9/12 || Christine Voigt || media type="youtube" key="N1c7zklnp6A" height="360" width="640" || I know this video might seem a tad dry bu it provides a very informative list of strategies and pointers to implement Cooperative Learning into the classroom from the very beginning of the year. ||
 * 4/9/12 || Sharon Whightsil || [[file:Cooperative Learning Checklist.pdf]] || The PDF goes over the characteristics of a great group member. Using this checklist will make the time spent in groups go smoother. ||
 * 4/10/12 || Rachel Miller || [] || This website shows some great examples of cooperative learning to use throughout the day ||
 * 4/10/12 || Rachel Miller || [] || this site shows how to do measurement cooperative learning. ||
 * 4/11/12 || Nora Nickle || [[image:ctxclassroommanagement/david-sipress-why-in-the-world-do-they-call-this-approach-cooperative-learning-cartoon.jpg]] ||  ||
 * 4/11/12 || Nora Nickle || http://www.learningforlife.org/exploring-resources/99-720/x08.pdf || Cooperative Learning __games__ ||
 * 4/11/12 || Korey Fraser || http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html || Healthy competition! ||
 * 4/11/12 || Korey Fraser || http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/cooperative/group-types.html || Types of cooperative learning groups ||
 * 4/13/12 || Lauren
 * 4/13/12 || Lauren Saccone || [[image:http://media-cache4.pinterest.com/upload/168392473536808271_jJjS3XJh_f.jpg caption="Have to, have to, have to use this!"]] || Having tables set up with groups is a great way for the students to be able to work together. ||
 * April 13, 2012 || Teshia Krause || [[image:http://images.edumart.com/large/CD_5609_a.jpg caption="Pocket+Chart%2C+Classroom+Management%2C+25-1%2F4%22+x+26-1%2F4%22"]] || I really liked this chart of cooperative groups. This is an easy way to organize your students into groups. ||
 * April 13, 2012 || Teshia Krause || [[image:https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTX1hJXj2vkutBP8ipdFJ3zT1juYq11BKfy-9XTcok8LbE31QBhdA]] || This book is a good book about working together as a team! I would love to be able to read this book to my students before they work in groups! ||
 * 4/14/12 || Sharon Whightsil || []
 * 4/14/12 || Brittany Longust || [] || This website has some really great information about cooperative learning groups: why we should use it, elements of it and activities that use cooperative learning groups. ||
 * 4/14/12 || Brittany Longust || [] || Explains how to properly implement cooperative learning in your classroom. ||
 * 4-16-12 || Melanie Fortenberry || [] || Contains a whole list of resources with things like templates and guides for cooperative learning. ||
 * 4-16-12 || Melanie Fortenberry || [[image:http://media-cache8.pinterest.com/upload/42010208994124067_cpfu0F0C_f.jpg caption="Cooperative Learning"]]
 * 04/16/12 || Erin Pali || http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/ || This website offeres a great variety of techniques to try for students of all ages! ||
 * 04/16/12 || Erin Pali || http://cooperativelearning.nuvvo.com/lesson/3843-10-teambuilding-activities-for-you-to-try || This is a fun list of cooperative learning activities to do with your students at the beginning of the school year so that they can learn about one another. ||
 * 4/16/12 || Jimmy Thomas || [] || Short demonstration on cooperative learning groups. ||
 * 4/16/12 || Jimmy Thomas || [|http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/learning1.html] || Simple guide to cooperative learning. ||
 * 4/16/12 || Jimmy Thomas || [] || Cooperative grouping strategies. ||
 * 4/17/12 || Shadai Yescas || [[image:http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6KSwX6rjFkc/S80IgD_-Y-I/AAAAAAAAADI/H_P7byrYiTE/s320/cooperative+pyramid+pict+3.gif]] || Five Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning:
 * 4/17/12 || Shadai Yescas || "helper"[[image:https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnl2SgDqnJQ22Ph94XHy6DAJjLjTZ6hXO6iYmObhiQ5Uw15OuC width="211" height="192"]]"doer" || Peer partner learning: Students work together as partners, one functioning as a "doer" and the other as a "helper". The doer performs a task or answers questions; the helper observes and provides feedback and helping information. The doer is the student and the helper takes on the role of teacher. Later, the partners reverse roles.
 * 4/17/12 || Ashley Baker Reed || http://superteacherstuff.blogspot.com/2007/03/ways-to-group-students-quickly-and.html || Fun ways to group students (deck of cards, number sticks, etc.) ||
 * 4/17/12 || Ashley Baker Reed || http://www.netc.org/focus/strategies/coop.php || An Article that takes about how to focus on effectiveness and implement cooperative grouping. ||
 * 4/17/12 || Joy Busby || [] || A great blog with ideas forstudent jobs withing cooperative learning ||
 * 4/17/12 || Connie Koven || http://www.teachervision.fen.com/cooperative-learning/resource/48649.html || Extra information about strategies that help facilitate cooperative learning. ||
 * 4/17/12 || Connie Koven || [] || Instructions for cooperative games that can help build a cooperative classroom environment. ||
 * 4/18/12 || Deb Green || [|www.enchmarkededucation.com] || Contains best practices for teacher in teaching reader's theatre and more ||
 * 4/18/12 || Deb Green || [|www.thirteen.ort/edoline/concept2class/index_sub3.html] || Workshop power point that could be used by teachers for other teachers, or administrators to explain the value and benefits of small group instruction. ||
 * 4/19/12 || Ashton Ebner || [[image:http://media-cache6.pinterest.com/upload/32158584809362552_RRBy4fRh_c.jpg caption="Pinned Image" link="@http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cooperative-Learning-Job-Tags-Frog-Theme"]] || This just tells each student who does what in the group. Thought that was a cute idea. This way its organized and not everyone is fighting over what to do. ||
 * 4/19/12 || Bridgett
 * 4/19/12 || Bridgett
 * 4/19/12 || Ashton Ebner || [[image:http://media-cache6.pinterest.com/upload/173177548140728735_sEjl5WHq_c.jpg caption="Pinned Image"]] || Good way to put your students into groups. Its visual so everyone can see and you can pick the groups so there is no fighting as well as always changing them up when needed. ||