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Title:
| Teaching Tips: Cooperative Learning Strategies |
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Description:
| Read articles that define and explain how to use cooperative learning strategies in the classroom. Includes cooperative learning lesson plans for a variety of subjects and grade levels. |
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Grade Level:
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| Laura Candler's File Cabinet
This page has pdf pages you can download and use in your class to implement cooperative learning strategies. This site is geared toward elementary and middle school teachers.
Poetry Co-op
This is a lesson plan for teaching poetry using cooperative learning strategies.
Team Building
This lesson is designed to help improve relations among students though get-to-know-you activities.
Traits Needed for Effective Group Process
In this lesson plan, students can learn about different traits that are needed for working with others.
Using Children's Literature to Develop a Classroom Community
These are lessons that use children's literature to explore the concepts os individual strengths, abilities, and talents. Students can have the opportunity to develop cooperative learning skills.
Cooperative Learning
This page discusses elements of cooperative learning and also lists several ideas for class activities.
Cooperative Learning Activities
Here is a list of classroom activities that utilize cooperative learning. Printable worksheets to accompany the activities are included.
A to Z Teachers' Stuff: Teamwork
What does it mean to be a team? In this lesson plan, students can learn to define teamwork and work together in groups. NOTE: The site includes ads.
A to Z Teachers' Stuff: Group Cooperation
This is an activity for younger students to encourage communication and positive socialization.
A to Z Teacher's Stuff: Cooperative Learning
This page provides an overview of cooperative learning along with resources for finding online activities and lesson plans.
Cooperative Learning
This online article defines cooperative learning and discusses its benefits and how it fits with other elements of an effective classroom. This is part of a website geared toward foriegn language instruction.
Let's Get Physical!
These warm up activities involve movement and language to encourage a class to work together as a group.
eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Cooperative Problem Solving Tasks
Problem solving can be fun. Explore the following activities where kids are encourage to think creatively, share thoughts and opinions, create, discuss and solve problems, and than draw conclusions. Includes science, mathematical, logical, and environmental games and activities.
eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Team Building Activities for Elementary Students
Here are suggestions for games, activities, and lesson plans to encourage team building among elementary school students. There are indoor and outdoor activities, and cross-curricular lesson ideas. Many of these activities can be adapted for different age groups. Included are eThemes resources on cooperative learning and cooperative problem solving.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.4, 1.7, 4.6, 3, 6
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