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Free app available on iTunes that helps children improve their articulation and pronunciation. "Note: To get full use of this app, you have to purchase the Pro version or buy individual letters with an in-app purchase option."

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Learn how to pronounce and practice the consonantal sounds in the English language with 6 fantastic and engaging articulation activities!

Created by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Articulation Station Classic is a full featured articulation application to help children as well as adults learn to speak and pronounce their sounds more clearly. Beautiful high quality images represent target words to be practiced in fun-filled activities with the assistance of a Speech-Language Pathologist, teacher or parent.

Articulation Station Classic offers practice at the WORD, PHRASE, SENTENCE and STORY levels all in one app! These activities are so fun your kids will love practicing their sounds and forget they are actually "working" on their articulation.

Each of the 22 sound programs target sounds in the initial, medial and final positions of words, sentences and stories. The majority of sounds (p,b,m,d,n,t,k,g,f,v,ch,j,z,sh,th) have 60 target words each. The l,r and s sound programs target blends as well. Additionally the r sound program has ALL the vocalic r's!

ARTICULATION STATION CLASSIC FEATURES:

- Quick tips for teaching each sound
- 20 target words per sound position (initial, medial, final)
- Beautiful high quality images
- Create custom word lists
- Shuffle multiple sounds
- Flashcard activity
- Matching activity
- Rotating Sentences (like carrier phrases)
- Unique Sentences
- Level 1 stories with picture prompts and comprehension questions
- Level 2 stories with comprehension questions
- In depth Scoring and data tracking for each child/student
- Student profiles
- Group sessions (Up to 6 students at one time!)
- Voice recording and playback feature for monitoring responses
- Save audio recordings
- Backup and restore your data

When ALL SOUNDS have been purchased:

- ADD YOUR OWN IMAGES!
- Over 1,200 target words
- 96 Rotating Sentences
- Over 1300 Unique Sentences
- 96 Level 1 stories
- 96 Level 2 stories

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

FLASHCARDS
Beautiful, easy to interpret, real life images with audio reinforcement.

MATCHING GAME
Exciting matching game that will keep everyone entertained!

ROTATING SENTENCES
Fixed sentence loaded with target sounds and paired with rotating target words.

UNIQUE SENTENCES
A new sentence for every target word with an average of three target sounds per sentence.

LEVEL 1 STORIES
Short, silly rhymes for each sound position with multiple target words, pictures and comprehension questions.

LEVEL 2 STORIES
Short, creative stories for each sound
position with multiple target words and comprehension questions.

Version 2.8.5

Replaced the image for cowboy.

Transformed my therapy!

This is by far my favorite articulation app out there. From a functionality standpoint, the app is intuitive, has very few bugs, colorful and engaging. From a SLP standpoint, the app is thorough, has great targets and great data collection! I purchased all of the sounds because my caseload is heavy on articulation and phonology so now I'm always prepared for all sounds from the word level to stories. And I love the ability to track the data across sessions. I no longer have to sit there with a binder open writing plus or minus for their productions. We practice each target 10 times, I have them self-reflect on how they think thy did and then I tell them what I heard. My students also love to try to get the silly phrases ("ugly slide?! Hahahaha") on the rotating function. They also get a kick out of recording their trials and listening back. The only thing that would make it better: maybe a button to indicate when we gave a prompt! Overall though, this app is amazing and the best App Store purchase I have made.

Not-so-free, not even close

*The two star rating is not a reflection of the quality of this app but the unreasonable cost for family usage.
I have a child with special needs whose been in speech therapy for nearly 5 years with no end in sight. This app came highly recommended from an SLP after my child used it during a session and they actually engaged and had zero meltdowns!! Of course that alone made me want it immediately so, when I saw there was a pro version and a free version I assumed the pro version was aimed towards SLP's with advanced tools to record scores and such and the free version was more so for at home play for kids in speech. Well, my assumption was WAY wrong! We simply can't afford a $60 app when we already spend such an insane amount on therapy itself. I wish there was a cheaper option for families that didn't include paying +/- $5 per letter/sound.
It's abhorrent that everything targeted towards kids with special needs is priced super high because companies know that parents will ultimately pay the price because their child needs it.
For now I will seek out another app in hopes of finding something of similar quality and a more affordable price.

Best Articulation App

This really is the best Articulation app available! I am a speech language pathologist in private practice working with preschool and elementary school children. I own the Pro version because I need to work on a variety of sounds. But I really like that parents can buy the individual sounds that their child is working on in therapy.
The pictures are realistic and easily identified. Kids love many thing about this app. The most popular is the matching game! They also like just swiping to the next picture after producing the target sound correctly. Kids enjoy recording their productions and judging the correctness. They also enjoy saying the silly rotating sentences!
It is a well designed, effective, and entertaining app to help children improve their Articulation. I bought this app many years ago and continue to use it often!

The developer, Little Bee Speech, indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Information

Compatibility

iPhone

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 9.0 or later.

Apple Vision

Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Languages

English, Spanish

Family Sharing

Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.

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‎Learn how to pronounce and practice the consonantal sounds in the English language with 6 fantastic and engaging articulation activities! Created by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Articulation Station Classic is a full featured articulation application to help children as well as adults...

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Reading app available on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. Dr. Seuss books are fantastic for oral language development and phonetic awareness. "Learn your ABCs with Dr. Seuss in this interactive book app for young readers! Explore pictures, learn new vocabulary, and follow along with three fun ways to read!"

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Learn your ABCs with Dr. Seuss in this interactive book app for young readers! Explore pictures, learn new vocabulary, and follow along with three fun ways to read! From Aunt Annie riding an Alligator to the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, learning to read is an unforgettable adventure with Dr. Seuss!

Explore the story:
- ENCOURAGE literacy skills with highlighted narration
- FOLLOW along with three fun ways to read!
- LEARN new vocabulary with tappable words
- TAP objects to hear their name read aloud

Designed for children ages 2-6

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- "Superb implementation" - Wired
- "Highly recommended. Encourages (kids) to make connections with sounds, letters and their meanings" - Appmodo

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Reading app available on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play. "Set the stage for reading success with this delightfully interactive educational app. Kids will have a blast learning their ABC's and building vocabulary with the adorable monsters in Endless Alphabet. Each word features an interactive puzzle with talking letters and a short animation illustrating the definition. Before you know it, your child will be using words like gargantuan and cooperate!"

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Set the stage for reading success with this delightfully interactive educational app. Kids will have a blast learning their ABC's and building vocabulary with the adorable monsters in Endless Alphabet. Each word features an interactive puzzle with talking letters and a short animation illustrating the definition. Before you know it, your child will be using words like gargantuan and cooperate!

Features:
* 100 words to explore and learn.
* Delightful animations teach children the definitions of the words in a fun and engaging way.
* Word game teaches children letters.
* Endless Alphabet was designed with your children in mind. There are no high scores, failures, limits or stress. Your child can interact with the app at their own pace.

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An app version of the Khan Academy website for ages 2-6+. The app is free on iTunes and Google Play and covers multiple subjects, including: Reading and literacy, language (vocabulary, opposites, prepositions, and verbs), math, and executive function and focus.

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Khan Academy Kids makes learning fun with thousands of educational games, books, and activities that inspire a lifetime of learning and discovery for children ages 2-8.

Khan Academy Kids is a free educational app for children ages 2-8. The Khan Kids library includes thousands of kids books, reading games, and more. Kodi the Bear and her friends at the Kids' Club provide a safe and fun way for kids to learn and play. Best of all, Khan Kids is 100% free with no ads or subscriptions.

READING, MATH & MORE:
With over 5000 lessons and educational games for kids, there is always more to learn in Khan Academy Kids. Kodi the Bear guides kids through interactive learning games. Kids can learn the alphabet with abc games and practice phonics with Ollo the Elephant. During story time, kids can learn to read and learn to write with Reya the Red Panda. Peck the Hummingbird teaches numbers and counting while Sandy the Dingo loves shapes, sorting and memory puzzles. Their fun math games for kids are sure to spark a love of learning.

ENDLESS BOOKS FOR KIDS:
As kids learn to read, they can grow their love of books in the Khan Kids Library. The library is full of educational kids books for preschool, kindergarten and early elementary school. Kids can read about animals, dinosaurs, science, trucks and pets with non-fiction books for kids from National Geographic and Bellwether Media. While kids practice reading skills, they can select Read To Me to have kids books read aloud. We have books for kids in English and Spanish too.

EARLY LEARNING TO EARLY ELEMENTARY:
Khan Kids is an educational app for kids ages 2-8. From preschool lessons and kindergarten learning games to 1st and 2nd grade activities, kids can have fun learning at every level. As they head to preschool and kindergarten, kids can learn to count, add and subtract with fun math games.

LEARN AT HOME & AT SCHOOL:
Khan Academy Kids is the perfect learning app for families at home. From sleepy mornings to road trips, kids and families love learning with Khan Kids. Families that homeschool also enjoy our educational kids games and lessons for kids. And teachers love using Khan Kids in the classroom. Teachers from kindergarten to second grade can easily create assignments and monitor student learning.

KID-FRIENDLY CURRICULUM:
Designed by experts in early childhood education, Khan Academy Kids is aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and Common Core Standards.

OFFLINE ACCESS:
No wifi? No problem! Kids can learn on the go with the Khan Academy Kids offline library. Dozens of books and games for kids are available offline, so the learning never has to stop. Kids can practice the alphabet and trace letters, read books and spell sight words, learn numbers and play math games - all offline!

KID SAFE & COMPLETELY FREE:
The Khan Academy Kids app is a safe and fun way for children to learn and play. Khan Kids is COPPA-compliant so children's privacy is always protected. Khan Academy Kids is 100% free. There are no ads and no subscriptions, so kids can safely focus on learning, reading and playing.

KHAN ACADEMY:
Khan Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Khan Academy Kids was created by early learning experts from Duck Duck Moose who created 22 preschool games and won 22 Parents' Choice Awards, 19 Children's Technology Review Awards and a KAPi award for Best Children's App. Khan Academy Kids is 100% free with no ads or subscriptions.

SUPER SIMPLE SONGS:
The beloved children's brand Super Simple is created by Skyship Entertainment. Their award-winning Super Simple Songs combine delightful animation and puppetry with kids songs to help make learning simple and fun. With over 10 million subscribers on YouTube, their songs for kids are favorites with parents, teachers and kids around the globe.

In the latest update, we fixed some bugs and made some minor updates. Please update your app for the best learning experience.

If you have any feedback, please contact us at khankids@khanacademy.org.

If you're enjoying Khan Academy Kids, please consider leaving us a rating or review! Happy learning!

Editors' Choice

Khan Academy Kids teaches early literacy, language, math, and social and emotional skills throughout its more than 1,000 games, videos, and stories. The app integrates science lessons from National Geographic Young Explorer magazine, music from Super Simple Songs, and content from children's nonfiction publisher Bellwether Media.

Wow! Just what my kids needed!

Kahn Academy Kids is the best educational kids app I have found for my kiddos. The lessons are fun and engages my kids making it exciting to learn. We now use this app daily as a supplement to what they are learning in school. I have a 3 and 6 year old and both of them have their own profile and things we are working on. My 6 year old is learning how to read and he loves reading the books on the app out loud to me. My 3 year old is learning her letter sounds and this app actually pronounces the letter sound correctly for her. Super impressed by that as I haven't found that to be common practice with education all apps - even on leap frog academy. The app is very intuitive to use and easy for my kids. I appreciate this because I can leave them to work on it independently or work alongside them - whichever I choose. Again, this is hard to come by. I also love how they get still get challenged by the lessons and actually grow and learn without feeling left discouraged. It gently nudges them if they get something incorrect. The math portion is wonderful as well and something I will be exploring more of. We have only had the app a week and there is SO much we can use this for. I felt compelled to leave a review already for the amount we have already used and enjoyed Khan Academy. Download this without hesitation for your child. You won't regret it.

We sincerely appreciate your encouraging review! So glad to hear how well Khan Kids is working out for your family.

A+ app for kids!

My daughter(age 7) used Khan Academy in school prior to the 2020 pandemic. Our school district listed Khan Academy as a resource to use when schools began closing in March. We used it in addition to her other school work during that time.

We decided to try this app for our son that is preschool age but needs just a little more time before introduction to a public setting and teachers; he's our spirited one. Our son (age 4) LOVES this app, he willingly selects Khan Academy when we give him screen time. He actually stays engaged for long periods of time and has fun doing it. He uses the information learned from his lessons and applies it to his toys or in real life settings. He's even begun to read short stories!!

In conclusion, my personal opinion is that this app is amazing. If you have children that are already in school and need a little something to stay engaged; get this app. If you have a wild tornado child (our son) that has shown interest in learning but they are not quite ready to be put into a school setting; get this app. They go at their own pace and advance to the next subject after mastering the first. They also offer additional resources on the website for your kids, such as circle time videos, free printable worksheets. I wish more educational websites/apps worked like Khan Academy! Again, my own personal opinion and each family/child is different, but Khan Academy is a perfect fit for us.

It's exciting to hear that your son is beginning to read the short stories! Thank you so much for the review! If you have any questions or suggestions for the app, feel free to reach out to khankids@khanacademy.org.

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‎Khan Academy Kids is a free educational app for children ages 2-8. The Khan Kids library includes thousands of kids books, reading games, and more. Kodi the Bear and her friends at the Kids' Club provide a safe and fun way for kids to learn and play.

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It is important for children to feel comfortable with their reading and speech in a judgement-free zone. This is an afternoon program that parents and their children can participate in after school where children, ages 6-11, read aloud to shelter animals. San Diego Humane Society also offers scheduled outreach programs in which animals are brought to classroom.

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Paws and Paperbacks helps children ages 6-11 develop compassionate relationships with animals by providing an opportunity for both kids and animals to spend time together in a calm and respectful environment.

WHAT: Children can practice their reading skills in a fun and non-judgmental atmosphere while giving our ambassador animals the chance to get exercise and socialization. The focus of the interaction is on reading rather than the animal, which teaches children how to be respectful of an animal's space and body and provides a safe, positive interaction for the animal.

WHERE: San Diego Campus 5500 Gaines Street San Diego, CA 92110

WHEN: One Thursday a month, 4:30-5:30p.m.

COST: $10.00 per child. Reservations are required.

All sessions are from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Paws and Paperbacks is for children ages 6-11.

Registration is on a first come, first served basis. We can accommodate 12 participants per session, so sign up early!

Registration fee is non-refundable.

Parents are welcome to stay with their child throughout the session but are not required to.

This class is for humans only - please leave your great pets at home!

Register online or call 619.299.7012 x 2256. For more information email [email protected] .

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Paws and Paperbacks helps children ages 6-11 develop compassionate relationships with animals by providing an opportunity for both kids and animals to spend time together in a calm and respectful environment. WHAT: Children can practice their reading skills in a fun and non-judgmental atmosphere while giving our ambassador animals the chance to get exercise and socialization.

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Article about how auditory delays can hinder speech and language development.

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Healthy hearing is critical to a child's speech and language development, communication, learning, and social development. Children who do not hear well are at an increased risk of becoming struggling readers. Here are some signals that may indicate a hearing problem.

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A cooperative learning strategy that fosters listening and speaking as well as active engagement.

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Circle Chats: A Cooperative Learning Strategy {Post 3 of 5} * Teacher Thrive

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"Circle Chats," today's cooperative learning strategy, in another great way to get your students out of their seats and interacting! How It Works: Divide your class in half. One half will create an inner circle; the other half will make up the outer circle. Students in the outer circle can ask a question of the ...

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Identifying Risk Factors to Prevent Difficulties

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Identifying Risk Factors to Prevent Difficulties

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Interesting article about what factors contribute to reading difficulties and oral development and how to identify these problems early so as to develop appropriate goals and teaching strategies for struggling students.

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Excerpted from: Snow, C. E., Burns, S. M., & Griffin, P. Editors. (1998). Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, Chapter 4: Predictors of Success and Failure in Reading.. National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. Courtesy of National Academy Press. Reprinted with permission.

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Identifying Risk Factors to Prevent Difficulties

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There are certain characteristics of groups and individual children that increase their likelihood of struggling with reading. Find out how to use knowledge of these risk factors to help prevent reading problems for these children.

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Mystery Bag: Developing Oral Language Skills in First Grade

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Mystery Bag: Developing Oral Language Skills in First Grade

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Example of an oral language development activity where students guess the object of another student based on clues. This is an engaging activity that is a fun take on show-and-tell while allowing students to interact and compete with each other while developing vocabulary and using critical thinking skills.

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Mystery Bag: Developing Oral Language Skills in First Grade

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A collaborative learning activity that allows students to learn about various perspectives of a topic through active discussion with classmates. Topics may be assigned or chosen.

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Thanks for checking out this post on using "Four Corners" as a cooperative learning activity in the classroom. If you would like to view the other posts in this series of Cooperative Learning Strategies, you can find them here: "Expert Groups," "Q&A Match-Up," and "Circle Chats."

How It Works:

1. Choose four aspects of a topic that your class is currently focusing on.

2. Assign each of these aspects to a corner (or an area) of your room.

3. Present the topic and the four related aspects to the whole group and give the students some "think time."

4. Students can then choose a corner to discuss the topic.

5. Representatives from each corner can share what their respective groups discussed.

Why I Love This:

1. Student Choice: Students LOVE when they are given an opportunity to choose. They feel more empowered and respected, and thus take far more ownership over the outcome of the assignment.

2. Various Perspectives: The students are exposed to many different view-points in their corner, which can lead to great discussion.

3. Easily Prepared: This activity requires very little preparation on the teacher's part. The teacher simply needs to think of four (+/-) areas that he/she would like the students to discuss and then send them on their way.

4. Easy Implementation: This activity can take as little as five minutes and requires no advanced set-up (e.g. chairs set up, group formations, etc.), so teachers can use it instantaneously and then quickly return to the lesson.

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Four Corners: A Cooperative Learning Strategy (Post 4 of 5) * Teacher Thrive

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Thanks for checking out this post on using "Four Corners" as a cooperative learning activity in the classroom. If you would like to view the other posts in this series of Cooperative Learning Strategies, you can find them here: "Expert Groups," "Q&A Match-Up," and "Circle Chats."

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The Role of Songs in First-Graders’ Oral Communication Development in English

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The Role of Songs in First-Graders’ Oral Communication Development in English

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Peer-reviewed journal taken from from Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development

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Students work in pairs or teams to coach each other through various activities. This encourages collaboration and positive social interactions.

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As I've blogged about a few times before, I big time love using Kagan structures in my classroom! Now that we're rolling along and routines are in place, I've been able to introduce a variety of structures to my students, and they are loving them.

Using these structures has made our classroom such a positive place with kids praising each other, helping each other, and celebrating every success. They also cut down on negative behaviors because kids are active and engaged, not to mention my students are working on social skills {which are quickly becoming lost in a world of screens}.
These are the structures we've been using lately...

Rally Coach

Rally Coach is a super easy structure to teach! Basically, students work with their shoulder partner or face partner and take turns doing an activity. One partner takes a turn, while the other coaches. When it's a student's turn to coach, they are making sure their partner is doing the activity correctly, and if they're not, they give them some gentle coaching. When their partner does the activity correctly, the coach gives praise. Then, the students switch roles. We use this structure a lot in literacy centers! We also use it with sorting and sequencing activities.
In this picture, these partners were sorting animals that live on a farm, and animals that don't.

We also used Rally Coach during our 3 bears unit when we practiced positional words.

Choose a Chip

Talking Chips is similar to Rally Coach in that students take turns and coach each other, but it can be used with partners or a team. It's also used with some type of card {flashcards usually}. Students place the cards in a central area, then take turns picking a card, reading/solving it, then coaching {correcting or praising}. It's a quick, easy way to work on a skill, especially fluency with sight words or math facts. You can choose whether kids start with the words face up {we do this right now to build students' confidence - they have a choice of which word they pick} or face down {we'll move to this later}. A few other ways you could use this structure would be to use letter or number cards to practice identification, picture cards to practice beginning sounds, or cards with groups of objects to practice counting.

Showdown

In Showdown, teams work together, usually with a captain. However, in kindergarten, the teacher is the captain for now ;). We've been using this structure as a quick math review when we have a few extra minutes. I give each kid a white board {or let them write on the table}, give them a question {for example, I'll draw x amount of dots on a ten frame and they write the number, or I'll write an equation and they solve it}, and they write their answer keeping it a secret to begin with.

When everyone has their answer, I say "Showdown," and they show their answer to their teammates. As a team, they have to decide if they have the right answer, if someone needs to change their answer, etc. I love watching and listening to the kids explain their answers to each other. It's so much more meaningful than me just telling them!

We've also used Showdown with our math lessons. Here, teams were deciding how many more scarecrows would make 6.

Quiz, Quiz, Trade

I've blogged about this structure before {see here}, but Quiz, Quiz, Trade is a great structure that we incorporate daily for a quick review. Right now, we mainly use it to review beginning sounds/letters. Students use another structure {Stand Up, Hands Up, Pair Up} to find a partner. Then, they greet each other, quiz each other on the card they have {ask what they beginning sound and letter is}, give praise, switch cards, and find a new partner. My kids love this structure, and I love how many social skills they're practicing!

Simultaneous Round Table

To be honest, we've only used this structure once, but I loved it! During this structure, every member of a team is working on something - a project, a worksheet, anything really! I set the time for about 2-3 minutes, and when the alarm sounds, everyone slides their work/project to the person beside them and they start working on the one they now have. This continues until everyone on the team has worked on all projects and they are complete. We did this after we read Go Away, Big Green Monster. I put construction paper in the middle of each table, and everyone started making a big green monster, recalling details from the book. After 3 minutes, they passed their project, and started adding on to the one that had been passed to them. At the end, each member of the team had worked on all the projects from the team. It was awesome how different and creative they turned out! I could hear them get a new monster and say, "Wait, this one has green eyes and the story said yellow eyes," or "I like how you made the nose!" The kids liked them so much they asked our principal to have them displayed in the front hallway!

This post doesn't nearly come close to doing justice to how Kagan can impact your classroom. If you ever get the opportunity to go to a training, I highly suggest it! They are wonderful!! To find out more about Kagan, you can visit their website. I have a variety of their books, but if you're just starting out, I recommend the Cooperative Learning book. It will help get you started!

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As I've blogged about a few times before, I big time love using Kagan structures in my classroom! Now that we're rolling along and routines are in place, I've been able to introduce a variety of structures to my students, and they are loving them.