Access Strategy:
Cooperative
Learning Strategies
Shuffle
Traditional Group Work
Cooperative Learning is
Goals
OPractice effective scaffolding of
Cooperative Learning techniques to
increase ELs’ listening and speaking
skills.
Why Cooperative Learning?
For SELs, ELs, Students w/Disabilities, and
Gifted students, cooperative learning
promotes:
Olanguage acquisition
Oopportunities to practice their skills with
more advanced students
Othinking skills when students brainstorm,
explain, question, disagree, socialize,
persuade, and problem-solve.
Traditional Group Work
Cooperative Learning is
SELF-LEARNING
Assignments are discussed with little
commitment to each other's learning.
COLLABORATIVE TEAMWORK
Group members help, assist, encourage, and
support each other's efforts to learn.
SOCIAL SKILLS ASSUMED
Social skills are assumed or ignored.
SOCIAL SKILLS DIRECTLY TAUGHT
Teamwork skills are emphasized -- members
are explicitly taught and expected to use
collaborative skills.
TASK –ONLY EMPHASIS
REFLECT ON GROUP DYNAMICS
No processing of how well the group is Students have time and are given a procedure
functioning or the quality of its work.
to analyze how well their groups are
functioning, how well they are using the
appropriate social skills, and how to improve
the quality of their work
NO INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Individual students not held
responsible for their share of the
work, “hitchhike” on others
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Leadership shared by all members.
Each student is assessed on their mastery.
Essentials for Cooperative Learning
1) Clear “student-friendly” objectives
Ex: We are going to do a gallery walk activity. My
goals for you are to practice your listening and speaking
skills. I also want you to begin to think about the image
of America which will help you as we go into our unit on
foreign policy.
2) Expectations of behavior
3) Modeling – short model of what the activity
looks like and sounds like in action
4) Prompts – give students sentence starters
4 Corners Activity
O Low risk for students
O Facilitates small group interaction
O Helps ELs practice oral language
O Can be spontaneous
Student-friendly Objectives
OThe goals for you are to practice your listening and
speaking skills.
OI also want you to begin to think about “American
Values”. This will help you as we go into our unit on
the Bill of Rights.
4 Corners Directions
1. Determine whether you Strongly Agree,
Agree, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree with
the statement
2. Write your response on a 3x5 card
3. Move to the corner of the room that
matches your response
4. While in your corner, you will have a small
group discussion with your peers
Expectations
O Everyone will participate
O Students will respectful of each other’s
opinions
O Stay on task
O Be mindful of time
Statement 1: The United States is
welcoming to immigrants.
O I agree with the statement because …
O I chose this side because…
O My reason for choosing this side is because…
Good words to use are:
support, evidence, basis, proof, facts, data,
demonstrate
Modeling
OI came to the “no” corner because I don’t agree
that the United States is welcoming to
immigrants. My reason is that everyday you hear
that they want to keep building more fences and
hire more guards at the border. That’s evidence
the US wants to keep immigrants out.
Statement 2: We have more
freedom now than we did 50
years ago.
O I agree with the statement because…
O I chose this side because…
O My reason for choosing this side is because…
Good words to use are:
support, evidence, basis, proof, facts, data,
demonstrate
Gallery Walk Activity
1. Walk around the room and take a look at
the images on the walls.
2. Question: Which image BEST represents
American values?
3. Select and stand by the image you have
chosen. (There cannot be more than 5
people in each group.)
Gallery Walk Directions
1.
Have a Round Robin discussion (each person
speaks)
O I chose this image because it shows …
O This image most represents America
because…
O I think this image most represents America
by …
Gallery Walk Example
I chose this image of a cowboy
because to me it reflects the
American value of independence
and having an adventurous spirit. I
see this image in movies and ads.
Group Statement
1. As a group write a statement on how the
image you selected represents our
American values.
2. As a group “walk” around the room to read
each statement.
3. CHALK TALK: Respond to other groups’
statements. Use marks, words, or add
additional comments.
Helpful Hints for CL
O Monitor the noise level and have consequences when
kids get too loud.
O If you are asked the same question by two groups, you
may want to stop the whole class to clarify and take
additional questions.
O Use a rubric or checklist for students to grade their
group’s collaboration.
O Assign a group monitor if you are concerned about off
task behavior. Assign a role to each student.
Reflection
O How could the CL activities be beneficial for
ELs?
O Is there an upcoming lesson where you could
use either 4 Corners, Gallery Walk or Stay and
Stray?
O What barriers/issues could you see for using
one of the CL activities in your classroom?