MS Use of Kagan Structures; Dec. '14 by Scott A. Berthel

Scott Berthel: takeoff/touchdown

sberthel — 2014-12-04 22:06:28 UTC

I used takeoff/touchdown in the Sunday School class I teach and found that it both relaxed and focused the kids in my class.

Felicia Townley

2014-12-05 15:49:56 UTC

5th Grade technology students used

Mix-Pair-Share to explain transitions

and animations used in their Keynote

presentations.

Caroline Megison

2014-12-05 21:02:07 UTC

I used Rally Coach to help students work through a difficult grammar concept.

Suzanne Burk: Think Pair Share

2014-12-05 21:02:34 UTC

I used this for students to come up with topics and main ideas of short paragraphs we had on a WS.

Robin Rice: Round Robin

2014-12-05 21:03:56 UTC

I used Round Robin to discuss the

Great Commission

Kathryn Goldsmith

2014-12-05 21:04:14 UTC

I used rally coach with the kids to do some independent practice. They had one pencil and one sheet of paper between them. They actually worked together and helped each other! Euge!

Stephen Megison

2014-12-05 21:04:34 UTC

I used Round Robin to review the things we

learned about the periodic table the week

before Thanksgiving Break

Holly Hatton: 5th Grade Library

hattonh — 2014-12-05 21:06:08 UTC

Teaching students to determine the validity of a website, we had a list of Five W questions (Who, What, Where, When, Why) to read as a class. The first time I taught this, I simply posted the questions on the board and read them to the students. Everyone was bored. In the second class, I had the students Round Robin as they read through the Five W's worksheet. Each student was much more engaged and it took the burden of teaching something a bit dry off my shoulders. It worked wonderfully!

Can you determine which site is real and which site is a hoax?

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Mendy Hayes: Mix-Pair-Share

2014-12-05 21:07:41 UTC

5th Grade students did Mix-Pair-Share after creating Favorite Vacation Keynotes. They each got 2 minutes to share the 2-3 slides they created during our classtime.

Courtland McMullen

2014-12-05 21:37:55 UTC

I used Round Robin to aid with student discussion of Ananias and Sapphira

Wanchi Lowe: Rally Coach

2014-12-05 21:54:23 UTC

My students used Rally Coach on math practice problems by verbally talking through and coaching each other on every step of each problem. It worked really well!

Dennis Saffold: Rally Robin

2014-12-05 22:07:35 UTC

We used rally robin to edit a hypothetical student writing sample.

We then compared notes and reached consensus as tables.

Vicki Hall

2014-12-06 20:03:23 UTC

I used Mixed Pair Share when

discussing the first five chapters

of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Vicki Hall

2014-12-06 20:06:35 UTC

I used Mix Pair Share to discuss

chapters 1-5 of All Quiet on the

Western Front.

2014-12-08 14:48:05 UTC

Dawna Debter

All classes used Both Record Rally Robin to discuss quote

by Marcel Marceau and what it meant to them. Introduced

unit on Pantomime.

Spence

2014-12-08 15:03:18 UTC

Not sure of the correct name, but I used the idea of showing a picture to prompt a class before beginning a new unit. And I had them actually record their thoughts in their journal, followed by sharing answers with a partner. (I have been using Eastern Orthodox Icons for this)

Stuart Gill

sgill9 — 2014-12-08 15:52:11 UTC

Used an AllWriteRoundRobin to introduce the concept that different religions/cultures use different dating systems.

Fran Pohlman

2014-12-08 17:00:28 UTC

Students used Rally Coach to complete their daily language review.

Casey Churchwell

2014-12-08 17:57:41 UTC

I used Think Pair Share to have partners

guess the meaning of words in their novel

and discuss, then look up the meaning and

discuss if they were correct.

Katelyn Glosser

katelynglosser — 2014-12-08 18:06:50 UTC

I used Rally Robin to review fraction, decimal, percent equivalents that the students have memorized.

Judy Lins

2014-12-09 13:28:37 UTC

I used Take Off/Touchdown instead of allowing students to raise their hand to answer a question.

Stuart Gill

sgill9 — 2014-12-09 14:18:33 UTC

I used the AllWrite Round Robin to introduce that fact the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Faiths

all have different dating systems and calendars.

This is in preparation for the introduction of Advent and Luke 3:1-2

Ann Uselton

2014-12-10 16:24:58 UTC

I used Rally Coach to complete

a sheet on Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases.

Rhonda Cook: Quiz, Quiz, Trade

2014-12-10 18:18:14 UTC

I used Quiz, Quiz, Trade (presented

in Kagan Day 2) to review for a

math test.

Michelle Bain

2014-12-10 21:12:59 UTC

Mix Pair Share for students to mingle and

then share stories with random partners instead

of taking the time for everyone to share aloud to the class.

Michelle Bain

2014-12-10 21:38:01 UTC

Round Robin for a group worksheet

to make sure one student didn't do all

the work while the rest copied... they

had to take turns answering and weren't

allowed to talk until it was their

turn again.

Michelle Bain

2014-12-10 21:39:41 UTC

Take off/Touch Down for

just about everything from

grammar, punctuation, weekend

activities, understand or not,

which type of sentence is it...

Medina Webber

2014-12-10 23:44:52 UTC

I used Rally Coach in Latin to help kids

identify direct objects vs. subjects in

translating Latin to English stories.

David Zeiger, Enemy of Pigs Everywhere

2014-12-11 01:20:36 UTC

To introduce our CSI unit, I usually have a teacher-led class discussion of shows kids have watched and what kinds of things they already know about crime-solving (activating prior learning). This time, I did Mix-Pair-Share. I played the CSI theme song and had them mingle, then Rally Robin foods they ate during Thanksgiving, crime solving shows, and things not to do during a crime scene investigation. I ended with them back in their dissecting groups and I had them Write Round Robin (I think it's called) to record what they would do to investigate the crime scenes the next day. I had groups stand while I called on them and they gave answers that I vetted as they wrote answers from the other groups below a horizontal line. As groups finished they sat down.

Kari Rector

2014-12-16 15:36:54 UTC

I used Round Robin with my 5th graders

to summarize events and check comprehension

in a story we read.

Frances Ganno

2014-12-16 16:10:25 UTC

I used Takeoff-Touchdown when

practicing identifying the declension

of Latin nouns.

Jimmie Hudson and Jay Henderson

2014-12-16 18:57:22 UTC

We used Timed Pair Share to allow students to evaluate each others sketchbook assignment. Not completely a disaster, but close. The boys did not want to talk to the girls at all, and most students were uncomfortable critiquing each others work, even though the exercise was couched in terms of "helping" each other. (Students were given a rubric specifically designed for the exercise.) We failed to consider those who came to class without their assignment, which made it impossible for them to participate.

Laurie Springer: Kagan Mats

lspringer1 — 2014-12-18 02:55:53 UTC

I "Latinized" & "Greekified"

the Kagan Mats.

Jan Marshall

2014-12-19 14:56:17 UTC

Quiz-Quiz-Trade was used to review for a History test.

The kids requested this structure again on the next test.

Sarah-Graham Turtletaub: Timed-Pair Share, Rally Robin, Round Robin

2014-12-19 22:17:55 UTC

In my history lessons, I've started to break the teaching every 10-15 minutes to use a structure, mainly the three listed above. It's been helpful for giving students time to process and mentally reengage as I teach.