1. Vocabulary Strategies
TIP Charts
Word Art
Quirky Comparisons
Action!
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
Instant Etch A Sketch
Word Detective
Vocabulary Cubes
Vocabulary Sorts
Tell your table what you’ve tried with vocabulary since our last presentation.

2. Chapter Six Student Work Sessions:
Giving Students Greater Responsibility with Valuable Work

3. Think about the times you use group work in your class.
WHAT WORKS
WHAT DOESN’T

4. Learning Target
What will be learning about today?
Creating work sessions in which students do more of the talking, problem solving, and creating.

5. What is a student work session?
Increased student control and personal accountability
High levels of student engagement
Visible demonstration of student thinking
A reliance on cooperative learning

6. Components of a Lesson Student Work Session Thought Provoking Opener
Mini Lesson (12 to 15 minutes)
Student Work Session

7. The Mini Lesson Direct instruction No longer than 12-15 minutes
Model, explain, and deliver the information students will need to engage in a task for the rest of the period
Don’t introduce more than four items

8. Why Cooperative Learning Sessions Work
Students work harder when the group is depending on them
Struggling learners benefit from higher-level students
Develop new vocabulary
Observe thought process and strategies
Improve problem-solving skills

10. Obstacles with Group Work
Behavior Problems
Students at Different Skill Levels

11. Effective Work Sessions
Important Group Goal
Individual Accountability

12. Strategies for Effective Work Sessions
Cooperative Learning Quadrants
Jigsaws
Leaning Stations
Paired Reading
Menus

13. Strategies for Effective Work Sessions
COOPERATIVE LEARNING QUADRANTS
Each group has a piece of chart paper divided into quarters, and they use the paper to take notes using different roles.

14. Strategies for Effective Work Sessions
JIGSAWS
Each student is an expert on one part of the assignment. They are responsible for teaching the group.

15. Strategies for Effective Work Sessions
LEARNING STATIONS
Students rotate around the room to different stations(which have different tasks) to learn overall concepts or goal.

16. Strategies for Effective Work Sessions
PAIRED READING
Pairs of students take turns acting as the reader and note taker to learn the material.

17. Strategies for Effective Work Sessions
MENUS
Assignment with options that let students decide for themselves how they want to demonstrate learning .

18. Think Time Each person take a sticky note
CHOOSE ONE of the following options to write about on your sticky note…
Describe your favorite cooperative learning activity that you do in your classroom.
Describe an idea you have for incorporating a cooperative learning activity into your classroom.
Describe a cooperative learning activity you remember doing as a student, and tell why you liked it so much.

19. Share With Your Group Group Answer
What is the most important thing you learned today that you would like to use in your classroom?

20. Assigning Groups/Partners
Instantclassroom.com

21. Apps for Management
Inside Voices
Too Noisy

22. Strategies for Effective Work Sessions
Cooperative Learning Quadrants
Jigsaws
Leaning Stations
Paired Reading
Menus

23. Select a cooperative learning technique or a menu and implement it in an upcoming lesson.