1. Co-operative Learning

2. Human Treasure Hunt Find someone who can tell you:
Someone who lives the furthest from school? ____________________
A skill we need for co-operative learning? __________________
One group role is timekeeper. What are three more? _____________ _________________ _____________________
Someone from this class who has represented the school in a team sport? ___________________
Someone that can remember what their group name was from last week’s lesson?__________________
Someone who ate the same breakfast as you? __________________
Someone who knows what one of the S’s in the KISSES rules for co-operative learning? ____________________
Someone who has the same number of brothers and sisters as you? ____________________
The next person to have a birthday in this class? __________ _____
A person who knows an advantage of co-operative groups? ______ _
Someone who plays the piano? ____________________
Someone who wears size 9 shoes? ____________________

3. KISSES - Co-operative learning rules
Keep with your group
Include everyone-be nice
Share ideas and feelings--No right or wrong answers
Stay on task
Everything is confidential
Sixty cm voices--Only one person speaking at a time

5. Showing Tolerance Dos Let people do things their way
Let people do their jobs, although you can offer to help
Be patient if someone is doing their job more slowly or less skilfully than you like. They are doing their best in most cases
Accept the contribution of everyone in the team. Be respectful when they make comments you don’t agree with.

6. Showing Tolerance Don’ts
Don’t snatch things from others so that you can do what they are supposed to do
Don’t criticise others or make putdown remarks
Don’t use ‘putdown’ body language such as smirking, or raising your eyes when someone isn’t doing their job as well as you think they should
Don’t imply that someone is holding the group back or handicapping them in some way
If you think an idea that someone suggests is silly, don’t say so.
Don’t take over and try to tell people how to do what they are doing.

7. Game: Bigger and Smaller
Your team has 15mins to make as many smaller words as possible from the word:
No words allowed that start with a capital letter, slang words, abbreviations
Score one point per word.
At finish take 5 mins to negotiate your team’s best 5 words
Score ten extra points a word for any words not in another groups best 5 words
co-operation