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Purpose: The purpose of the four corners game/activity is for the teacher to provide their students with opportunities to support their thoughts and ideas aloud.
Grouping: The whole class will interact together as well as interact in pairs.
How it Works: The teacher will first place four signs on each of the four corners of the room. The signs that are on the four corners of the room are labeled with choices or categories that form possible responses to a question or prompt. From there, the teacher will direct their students to read the four different signs, listen to the corresponding question or response, and then move to one of the four signs on the wall. The teacher will then encourage the students to talk to the people who are in their group about why they chose this as the answer to the question or prompt that was given.

***Best for Grades: 2nd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of the 10 - 2 activity is for the teacher to provide their students with the opportunities to process information orally.
Grouping: The whole class will interact together as well as interact in pairs.
How it Works: The teacher will teach the new information to their students aloud orally. After 10 minutes of the teacher speaking aloud, she/he will pause, and they will provide some time for their students to process the information by asking questions or giving prompts for them to think and talk about to one another. Then, the teacher waits for two or more minutes for the students to finish up their conversations. Then, the teacher will ask for student volunteers to share their answers.

***Best for Grades: 2nd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of the line up activity is to encourage the students to talk about what they know about a certain topic.
Grouping: The whole class will work together.
How it Works: The teacher will first direct their students to form two straight lines, the lines will be parallel to one another. Each student in line #1 will face the person across from them in line #2, this will be their partner. The teacher will then ask the students a thinking or recall question that has to do with a certain topic. The teacher will then provide their students with time to answer the question to a learning partner. From there, the teacher will signal a time where the students should stop talking to one another. Then, the students in line #1 will move to the end of that line while the other students in line #1 will move up. This way, everyone has a new partner. The teacher will then ask more questions as students move down the line.

***Best for Grades: 2nd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of the snowball activity is for the students to reflect on the information that they have learned on the topic at hand, and for the teacher to have an insight as to what their students have learned this far.
Grouping: The students will be writing their reflection individually, but after the students have thrown their snowballs into the air everyone will have the chance to talk for the whole group interaction time.
How it Works: The teacher will first provide each student with a piece of paper to write on. From there, the teacher instructs their students to respond in writing to a question, or response, that is related to the topic that they just learned. Once the students have answered the question, or response, the teacher will direct their students to crumple up the piece of paper they have written on into a snowball. Then, the teacher will direct the students to toss their paper ball into the air toward the opposite side of the room of where they sit. After all of the balls have been successfully thrown, the teacher will ask all of the students to collect one of the "snowballs" from the floor and read the response on the crumpled piece of paper.

***Best for Grades: 2nd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of roving charts is to provide processing time for your students and allow them to have the time to talk to one another about the topic at hand.
Grouping: The students will be working in interactive groups.
How it Works: The teacher will first put their students into small groups. The teacher will then get large pieces of chart paper for each group. The teacher will then instruct the students to respond in writing to a question or problem that is on the chart. After some time to work, the teacher will ask the students to pass their piece of chart paper to the next group to have the opportunity to respond to each question or problem. The rotation of the chart papers will continue until all of the groups answered every chart paper question.

***Best for Grades: 2nd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of numbered heads together is to check your students comprehension about the topic at hand.
Grouping: Students will be placed in interactive small groups that will have 3-5 students; individual responses will be shared with the class though.
How it Works: The teacher will first place the students into small groups of 3-5 students each. The teacher will then ask the students in each group to number themselves off. The teacher will then ask the students a thinking question, recall question, or will pose a problem to the entire class. The teacher will then ask the students to put their heads together to determine the answer together. The teacher will then spin a spinner that will land on a number. Whatever number the spinner lands on will be equivalent to one student in each group. The student that is that number will then stand up, and the teacher will select one, or more, students to answer the question orally, on the white board, or on individual white boards.

***Best for Grades: 2nd - 5th ***

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Purpose: The purpose of inside - outside circle is for the students to quiz one another orally in regards of the topic at hand.
Grouping: The whole class will interact together.
How it Works: The teacher will first direct the students to form two circles - one circle will be on the inside and one will be on the outside. The students who are in the inside of the circle will face out, and the students who are on the outside of the circle will face in. The teacher will then provide each student with a note card that has a problem or question on one side and the answer on the other.
***NOTE: The cards and questions are different for each student!***
The teacher will then direct the students on the outside of the circle to ask their partner on the inside of the circle their question, and they will listen to the answer that they give. Then, the teacher will allow the inside of the circle to ask their outside of the circle partner their question and do the same thing. After each student has answered their question, the students on the outside of the circle will be asked to move one spot to their right for a new partner. Then, the process continues until each student has answered all of the questions provided.

***Best for Grades: 3rd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of the I have... Who has...? activity is for students to be able to review the content area that they have just learned through oral interaction and working together.
Grouping: The whole class will interact together.
How it Works: The teacher first will create  a series of cards that has a question and an answer to go along with the question. The teacher will then, distribute one card to each student. From there, it is the students job to find the answer to their question card and vice versa. Then, the students will switch cards until the teacher says that it is time to stop.

***Best for Grades: 3rd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of the missing information game is for students to ask questions and answer questions based on the topic at hand.
Grouping: The whole class will interact together, or the students can work in pairs.
How it Works: The teacher will have created two sets of pictures, graphics, or texts that are identical except that there is different information on each set. Then, the students will pair up, and each student will have one card from a set that has not been seen by their partner. The teacher will first demonstrate how to place the cards, ask questions, and answer questions. Then, the students will start asking each other questions and answering each others questions based on the card that they have. This will help them figure out the missing information that is not on the card.

***Best for Grades: 3rd - 5th***

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Purpose: The purpose of a gallery walk / brainstorm carousel is to encourage students to talk to one another about the topic at hand.
Grouping: Students can work in pairs or small groups.
How it Works: The teacher will first have taped large pieces of chart paper on the walls of the classroom. Each chart has a question or topic written on the top. The teacher will then place each student into pairs or in small groups. Then, will ask the students to answer their first question in quadrant 1 (Q1) by writing what they know about the topic or providing an example of the topic at hand. Then, the teacher will have the students walk around the room to share the information that they have compiled, and in return they will be able to collect more information to complete the other quadrants (Q2, Q3, and Q4). When the students are up walking around and talking, this is called the "gallery walk" because they are learning from one another to gain the important information to complete their chart.

***Best for Grades: 2nd - 5th***