Cooperative Learning Model

General Cooperative Learning Model
~Native Americans Review~

1. First I would tell my students that they are going to be creating Digital Stories on one of the 5 major Native American tribes in Utah. I will explain that the students will be divided into groups of four and each person in the group will have a job. Those jobs are, researcher, writer, narrator, and driver. 
2. I will tell my students about the importance of responsibility, and how each person must fulfill their jobs. I'll also explain that it's ok to help others with their jobs, but that doesn't mean to take over the job completely. I'll lead a discussion on why these things are important and we'll talk about what happens when these things don't happen. I will also relate it to their future careers for authenticity.
3. Students will create their Digital Stories on their assigned tribe. I'll walk around the classroom and monitor students' behavior and help them with their stories.
4. Students will blog about the activity summarizing what they learned about responsibility and working with a group.
5. Within the blog students will also answer two questions.
1. How well do they think they helped with the project?
2. How well do they think the other members in their group helped with the project?
6. As a class we will watch each of the Digital Stories. I will use them as my final assessment of my students' understanding of their assigned tribes.

Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Model

~Methods of Multiplication Review~

1. First I'll explain the Jigsaw model and what we do with it.
2. I will explain to the students that while we are working on this Jigsaw lesson, it's really important for the students to listen to each other. They want people to listen to them, so they should be respectful and listen to the others that are teaching too.
3. I'll group the students into their expert groups and home groups. The expert groups will need to be differentiated by ability. Each expert group will need a mixture of higher, middle, and lower math students.
4. Have the students get into their expert groups. Each expert group will be assigned a specific method of multiplication. They'll also have a video to watch that explains their method completely. Students will take notes on the video so they can teach their home groups. I'll also meet with each group and help them understand their method.
5. Students will teach their home groups. Each student will have a handout with different math problems that they must solve using each of the methods of multiplication. The handout will also have questions regarding how well students explained their method to their peers, and how well they listened when a different method was explained to them.
6. Students will now complete a quiz on their own that asks them to use a different multiplication method for each question.

Graffiti Cooperative Learning Model

~Rocks and Minerals Review~

1. The Graffiti questions students will answer during this lesson are:
1. What are the layers of the earth and what are they made of?
2. What is a mineral?
3. How many facts can you write about Sedimentary Rocks?
4. How many facts can you write about Igneous Rocks?
5. How many facts can you write Metamorphic Rocks?
6. What is weathering and erosion?
2. Students will be divided into six groups. They will be randomly grouped.
3. I'll explain the Graffiti process to the students.
4. I'll explain to the students that the social skill we'll be working on during this lesson is respecting others' ideas. I'll explain to the students why this skill is important and that while students are working with their groups, they need to be respectful of the ideas of the students in their groups.
5. Markers will be distributed to groups. The posters with the questions will be posted on the walls of the classroom.
6. Groups will answer questions. Rotating from question to question after a certain amount of time on each.
7. Groups will return to their original question and will summarize the answers. Students will create a presentation to share with the other groups. The students can choose from PowerPoint, Prezi, Powtoons, or some other similar technology to present. Students need to have their tech choice approved by me before they create their presentation. Students will be reminded of the social skill of being respectful of others ideas.
8. Students will share their presentations with the class. I'll reinforce the idea of being respectful of others ideas.
9. Students will blog a reflection of the activity explaining how well they contributed to the group and how well their group worked on respect.
10. Students will complete the formal Rocks & Minerals test.