1. KAGAN Day 1 Training
Welcome

2. The Quiet Signal In your Binder Turn D:5 (Book 1.11)
Raise hand (High 5 Please)
Focus Fully on Teacher (No talking/No Working)
Signal Others (3-5 secs)
Let’s Test our Signal:
Talk with your shoulder partner about what you ate last night for dinner

3. Please use the Parking Lot for any questions you want answered.

4. Round Table Group Norms
When the signal word is given, “Activate” write down norms that you think are important in order to learn
When the instructor says “Stop” put down your markers
When the signal word is given, starting with person number 1 share your ideas once done discuss as a group which is the most important
Person number 2 will write it down and share it with the group when the time is up

5. TakeOff - TouchDown
Stand up if applies to you/Sit Down if it does not apply to you:
Years in Education: 5-6, 6-10, 11-15, 15-20, 20+
Have you ever had any KAGAN training?
Taught in another state?
Vacation outside of the U.S.
Been a waiter or Waitress
Have children?
Have Pets?
Have had a job other than teaching?

6. Goals of the Workshop Binder A:2 Book 1:10
Goal 1: Vision Cooperative Learning Vs. Group Work P.I.E.S

7. Goals Continued
Goal 2: Structures (Tool Box) To generate content + structure No special Prep Every 10 minutes Content Free Part of Every Lesson

8. Goal 3: Brain Friendly Novelty: Variety of Structures
Goals Continued
Goal 3: Brain Friendly Novelty: Variety of Structures
Safety
Nourishment
Class Building
Brain Breaks
Team Building
Class building
Share Pairs and Teams
Silly Sports

9. Why Brain Friendly? Nourishment: Safety: Brain needs oxygen
Get up Heart Rate
Pump blood into brain
Safety:
Students feel safe in numbers.
Appreciated by Peers

10. Objective of Day 1
The participant will be able to walk away with 8 instructional tools/structures for active engagement to use immediately.

11. Do you want students to be more engaged in your classroom?

12. Team Discussion: How can you tell these students are engaged?
Make Point it is not CL unless there is equal participation.

13. Was Team Discussion a Cooperative Learning activity?
Rally Robin
Think Time: Look at the following picture. What are words that would describe the students in the picture?
When I say “Activate” work with your shoulder partner and list the words back and forth
Person “A” will start first

14. How did engagement change?
How many students where engaged?
How did I get equal participation?
Note:
If it is cooperative learning there needs to be equal participation.
If you want all to participate you have to structure the interaction.

15. What Teachers Want! Do you want more students to be engaged in class?
Do you want students to have high test scores?
Do you want students to improve their self esteem?
Do you want students to develop social skills?

16. Book page 6:29

17. Steps Music will start Stand up, Hand Up, Mix
Music will stop find a partner
No Drive By’s, No Tailgating, No Double Parking
High Five Greet Your Partner (Hello Friend!)
Rally Robin or Timed Pair Share
Praise
Parting (Farewell Friend)
Find a new partner when the music starts
Do a rally robin? Things I would buy if I had a millions dollars
Do a Time Paired Share: If you had one wish what would you wish for and why?

18. Turn in your Book to page 6:29

19. Mix – Pair- Share Tips Students mix around the room. Add silently
Use whole Room
Music releases endorphins

20. Mix – Pair- Share Tips Teacher calls “Pair” (If no Music)
No Tailgating

21. Mix – Pair- Share Tips
Students pair up with the person closest to them and give them a high five. Student who haven’t found a partner raise their hands to find each other.
Model “Drive By”
Beckon others if they have no group
Social Skill
Class job to find the person a partner

22. Mix – Pair- Share Tips Teacher asks a question and gives think time.
3-5 seconds

23. Mix – Pair- Share Tips Students share with their partners using:
Timed Pair Share (Open Ended Responses)
Rally Robin (list)

24. Steps Music will start Stand up, Hand Up, Mix
Music will stop find a partner
No Drive By’s, No Tailgating, No Double Parking
High Five Greet Your Partner (Hello Friend!)
Rally Robin or Timed Pair Share
Praise
Parting (Farewell Friend)
Find a new partner when the music starts
Do a rally robin? Things I would buy if I had a millions dollars
Do a Time Paired Share: If you had one wish what would you wish for and why?

25. Copycat Gambit Teaches Appreciation Works on Social Skills
“Gambit” = sentence starter
Copycat Gambit “Repeat what I say”
Thanks for sharing

26. Timed Pair Share Mix-Pair Share
Think about “What is your favorite simile and why?”
30 Seconds
Partner with the longest hair goes first
Gambit
Switch Roles
Focus on the time spent talking. Ask to Explain

27. Group Work Vs. Cooperative Learning
E Equal Participation S
How did I get equal participation? (% Talking)
Equal Status
Engaged

28. Timed Pair Share Mix-Pair Share Think about “Explain the water cycle”
30 Seconds
Tallest partner goes first
Gambit
Switch Roles
Ask Partner “B” to summarize what Partner “A” Said

29. Group Work Vs. Cooperative Learning
I Individual Accountability E S
What happened when I asked the partner to remember what the other person said?
Would you as a student pay closer attention just in case that happens?

30. Importance of a Parting Gambit
Teaches a social skills
Farewell Friend
Adios Amigo

31. What can Mix Pair Share be Used for?
Fun Questions
Content
Look at the picture
Use your think pad
What Grade Level, Subject,
and lesson might this be about?
What could we use for this?
Rally Robin or Timed Pair Share?

32. Group Work Vs. Cooperative Learning
P Positive Interdependence I E S
Positive: Does one student doing well help other? (Feel on the same side)
Interdependence: Can’t do it alone (Feel the need for each other
Hear an Idea from the other person does it make you think of some ideas?

33. Corners
When I say activate find the corner that best fits you.
Take a Dry Erase Board and Marker with you
K - 1
2-3
4-5

34. About YOU! What you do in your free time
What college or university you went to
What is one nice thing to know about you?
Timed Paired Share
1 Min.
Ask what partner said :D

35. Complete the Sentence Gambit
The most interesting thing I learned about you was…”

36. Complete the Sentence Gambit
I enjoyed hearing about…

37. Group Work Vs. Cooperative Learning
I Individual Accountability E S
Did you have to perform for someone else?
Accoutable to?
Student felt as if they could not hide.

38. Pair Pair into Single Round Robin
Say to your partner “Don’t leave me.”
Music Plays Mix Up
Music stops find a pair to stand with
Single Round Robin
Introduce yourself starting with the person wearing the most buttons
When done say “Thank you for that great introduction”
With your new team find our new table and group

39. Management Mat Practice
Raise your hand if you are number ____
Bump shoulders with your shoulder partner
High 5 your face partner
If you are “A” give me a thumbs up/If you are “B” give me a thumbs sideways
Rally Robin (Shoulder partner “Colors”)
Round Robin (Person 3 start “Verbs”)

40. Teambuilding Who are a few of your favorite music groups?
What could happen if I did not give the students a structure to respond with?

41. Think Write Round Robin Book 1.18 Binder B:64
When I say “Activate” Turn in your binder to B:64
Look at top
Do not write in boxes

42. Personality
Choose one Shape that describes your personality and explain your choice
I chose a triangle
A triangle is one of the strongest shapes so I feel like I am a strong person mentally
A triangle has three sides and three is a good number
I like to fit in with people and a triangle fits into many other shapes

43. Your Turn
You will have three minutes to decide what your shape is and write down you explanations
Once one we did the think and write now we will do a timed “Round Robin”
Each teammate will have 1 minute to share
You must take the full minute
Teammates may coach in case you cannot talk for the full time
Activate

44. What does it all Mean? Dr. Ned Hermann The Creative Brain
Honest
Dependable
Hard Working
Creative
Innovative
Visual
Intelligent
Verbal
Analytical
Emotional
Warm
Sensual

45. BREAK

46. Round Robin Book 6.33
Teacher poses a problem to which there are multiple possible responses or solutions, and provides think time.
Who’s the 1st president of the US?
Name the presidents of the US?
3-5 seconds

47. Round Robin Students take turns stating responses or solutions
Same amount of time
Example: Teacher says..
4 min for a team
1st student 3 minutes 50 seconds
2nd student 10 seconds
Is there a problem? =

48. Round Robin Turn in your Binder to B:63
Teambuilding
Activities after school
TV Programs *
Content
Colors
Facts
Adjectives

49. Continuous Round Robin
Your are the expert: Think about what you are teaching in the next two weeks Where can you use round robin? When I say activate start with person number 4 Number 3: Tell us one of your Academic ideas

50. How to create a brain friendly environment.
Turn to page A:3 in the binder
Classbuilding
The process by which a group of individuals with different backgrounds and experiences become a caring community of active learners

51. Classbuilding Stand up Move Around Interact with others
Fun? 1 time a week
Content? As needed (Oxygen and Glucose)
Draw Pictures
Person Arrow
Feet
Lots of kid faces

52. Teambuilding Book 1:20 Binder 1:4
The process by which a group of 4 students with different backgrounds and experiences become a cooperative and caring team.

53. Teambuilding Fun Non-academic Easy for ALL 2 times a week
Draw Picture of the Balloon
Book crossed through
EZ smiley face

54. Review Shoulder partners
Think: What are the critical attributes of a classbuilder?
“A’s tell “B’s”
Choral Response Say together
“B’s” Praise “A’s”
Use Cheese Grater Praise

55. Review Shoulder partners
Think: What are the critical attributes of a teambuilder?
“B’s tell “A’s”
Choral Response Say together
“A’s” Praise “B’s”
Use Trucker

56. What is Primacy Recency and Satiation?
Talk about too much at one time. When we lecture what happens?

57. Turn to Page 6.24
This page is important because it lists all the structures and the processing skills they can be used for. Tab it
Highlight the following:
Mix Pair Share
Rally Robin
Round Robin
Think Write Round Robin
Timed Pair Share

58. Building the Rationale
Why am I so rigid?
Why did I bother using Structures?
Why didn’t I just let you get acquainted?
I could be traditional and call on 1
Lets add this to a structure

59. Think Time Why do I bother using structures?
Face Partners “A” 30 seconds
Rally Robin Back and Forth
Celebrate: You are the smartest person ever (High Five

60. Group Work Vs. Cooperative Learning
S Simultaneous Interaction
Did you feel engaged?
Went from 1/30 talking to 50%

61. Dr. Spencer KAGAN Quote
We have a choice – we can call on 1 or 2 in the same amount of time we call on everyone

62. A Look at Instruction Teacher A Traditional Teacher B Group Work
Teacher C
KAGAN
Students sit in Rows
Call one at a time
Talk it Over
Pair
Team
Cooperative Learning

63. Teacher A Book 1:21 Teacher asks a question Think Time
Students raise a hand
Teacher calls one student
One student responds
Teacher Responds

64. Teacher C Teacher asks a Question Think Time
Student to Student Interaction
List: Lengthy
Rally Timed Pair
Round Mix Pair
Think Write Round Robin
Brain Craves Novelty: Brain Friendly classroom

65. One Tool Vs. Many
Of the teachers “A” and “C”, which students will show more growth academically?

66. Everyone needs one paper and one pencil
Think Time: What are the benefits for students who have Teacher “C”
When signal is given Person 2 starts
Orally tells a benefit everyone writes it down
Continue around until stopped

67. Group Work Vs. Cooperative Learning
P Positive Interdependence I E S
During All Write Round Robin..
Did you hear benefits you did not think of?
Did someone trigger a new idea for you?
Did you feel on the same side?

68. Stand and Share On your paper draw a line All Teams Stand Up
I will call a person in a team
They will stand up and share it
If you have it place a check mark next to it
If you do not have it write it below the line
If your team is all out of ideas sit down as a team

69. Process to Teach a Structure
Teacher teaches for 10 minutes
Stop, ask a question
Student think-answers
Teacher think-structure

70. Why do a structure? Brain Friendly Empty working memory
Store in long term memory
Learn it-when you say it

71. Think Pad Pencil
Use when you want a quick pair up
No Music
Not a teammate

72. Think Time: What is the difference between rally robin and round robin?
Tallest goes first

73. McDonald’s Cheer
Mmmmmm I’m loving it!

74. Think Time: What is the difference between rally robin and timed pair share?
When do I use each one?
Shortest goes first

75. McDonald’s Cheer
Mmmmmm I’m loving it!

76. Coming up with a Timed – Pair Share Question
Use your think pad
Come up with a question everyone could answer in 30 seconds
Good Example: If you could go shopping with anyone who would it be and why?
Bad Example: Do you think Miley Cyrus is a wreck?
When time is up share with your partner

77. The Timed Pair Share Process
Turn in your binder to page B:93
Question:
Open ended, lengthy response
+ Who would you go shopping with?
- Miley Cyrus
Fill in your question from your think pad

78. The Timed Pair Share Process
When picking your time consider how much info the brain needs to process from your question
I will put in 30 seconds for today
Fill in your time

79. The Timed Pair Share Process
Think Time
Minimum 3-5 seconds
Write in 3-5 seconds

80. The Timed Pair Share Process
Step 4: Who goes First
Shoulders Partner/Person A
Step 5: First Person Share (Watches Time)
Talk to Partner Finish Early?
Coaching Tips
What other thoughts do you have about…
Can you tell me more about…

81. The Timed Pair Share Process
Step 6: Second Person responds (Gambit)
Copycat: That’s so insightful!
Complete the sentence
Pick your own/Try not to copy mine
Step 7: Reverse Roles (Second Person)
Step 8: First person responds

82. Practice Time Person 1 will be the teacher Person 2 will coach
Person 3 and 4 will take part in the Timed Pair Share
Switch roles when done

83. Forming Teams Binder C:3
Everyone will take out C:6 and C:7
Person 1 will have students:
Ace S Test Chase N Grades
Person 2 will have students:
Cher Leader Hope Foraneh
Person 3 will have students:
Ima Winner Mona Lisa
Person 4 will have students:
Nick a Time -----Wyatt All

84. Forming Teams Binder C:3
Cut your cards
Fill in your information about your students

85. Forming Teams Binder C:3
Step 2:
Math divide the number of students by 4
If there are remainders do the following:
1 = HM or LM 2 = 1 goes HM 1 goes LM 3 = form a new group
Sort students by grades into the following:

86. Forming Teams Binder C:3
Step 3: Color Code Cards
Red Dot for Low students
Yellow Dot for Low Medium students
Green Dot for High Medium
Blue Dot for High students

87. Forming Teams Binder C:3
Step 4: Team Formation
When forming your team after looking at their grades what are some other factors that come into play?
Gender
Ethnicity
ELL
Social
Behavior

88. Timed Round Robin
Think Time: How does this way of forming groups promote a brain friendly classroom?
30 seconds each
Person 1 starting

89. Silly Sport and Goofy Games
Everyone’s It
Book page 1:30 and 1:41
Binder H:5 and H:7

90. What type of teacher do you want to be?
Turn in Binder to A:8
Teacher A Written: (A:5)
Solo
1 Paper 1 pencil

91. What type of teacher do you want to be?
Turn in Binder to A:10
Teacher B Written: (A:5)
Practice is group work
Help each other
Solve as a team
Recorder: 1 paper 1 pencil
Was it easy to hide in a group?

92. What type of teacher do you want to be?
Turn in Binder to A:12
Teacher C Written: (A:11)
First Box: Content + Structure
Second Box: Content (Mental Math) + Structure
Third Box: Content(Mental Math) + Structure (Rally coach) = Engagement

93. What did we see?
As a team decide which teacher was would get the higher percentage of high test scores ? Why?
Put them in order of highest to lowest: A B C

94. BREAK

95. Processing Rally Coach
Text 6.32
Step 1
Partner A solves the first problem
No Music
Talk Outload

96. Processing Rally Coach
Step 2
Partner B watches and listens, checks, coaches if necessary, and praises
5 social Skills

97. Processing Rally Coach
Step 3
Partner B solves the next problem
Remember to check each step of the way before writing

98. Processing Rally Coach
Step 4
Partner A watches and listens, checks, coaches if necessary, and praises
Provide coaching gambits

99. Processing Rally Coach
Step 5
Partners repeat taking turns solving successive problems

100. Processing Rally Coach B:58
Ideas
Identify beginning sounds
Identify Shapes
A,B,C
Patterns
Your Turn “Rally Robin”

101. Processing Rally Coach B:58
Social Skills:
Listening
Management Hints:
Student must verbally say okay
Coaching Gambits
DI Tips
Color code level of difficulty by color of sheet

102. Is Rally Coach Cooperative Learning or Group Work?
PIES
Key #7:
Pages 5.9 – 5.12
Is Rally Coach Cooperative Learning or Group Work?

103. P Positive (Feel on the same Side) Interdependence (Need Each Other)
Does one doing well help other?
Does task completion depend on everyone doing their part?

104. I Individual Accountability
Must everyone perform in front of someone else
Student can’t hide

105. E Is participation approximately equal? Time? Turn?
Students feel equal status
Equal Participation

106. S Simultaneous Interaction
What percentage are performing at any one moment?
Student feel engaged!
Simultaneous Interaction

107. Silly Sport and Goofy Games
Balloon Bounce
Book page 1:30 and 1:41
Binder H:5 and H:7

108. TEAMS A:17 Forming Teams High High Medium Low Medium Low Every 6 Weeks
Homogeneous
Heterogeneous
Student-Selected
Random

109. Classbuilding Fun = 1 time a week Content = as needed
Know, accept and like each other
Feel a sense of belonging

110. Teambuilding Feel sense of team identity, support, belonging
At least 2 times a week
E Z for All
Feel sense of team identity, support, belonging

111. Managing Noise: Quiet Signal
Management
Managing Noise: Quiet Signal
Room Arrangement & Seating
Managing Materials
Giving Directions

112. Social Skills Roles and Gambits Modeling Reinforcement
Reflection and Planning
Practice

113. PIES Cooperative Learning Follow the steps
Make sure PIES is in every structure

114. Structures A structure… Organizes classroom instruction.
Implements PIES.

115. Turn in Your Book to 6:24 Highlight All Write Round Robin One Stray
Rally Coach
Team Stand and Share

116. Exit Ticket
Name one structure you will use in your classroom before we meet What content will you use with this structure. Why you picked this structure for the content and activity you want to accomplish with your classroom?