Celebrating our partnership with | Learning that Group Work is Team Work!To prepare the students for working in their expert animal groups this coming week, we did a mock group work activity during readers' workshop last week. I taught them about the group roles we will be using: and then assigned each student a role to practice as they worked in their reading groups to create a collaborative African Savannah. Before starting, each group came up with a fair plan that would ensure that everyone had a chance to draw and help create the savannah. The savannah are amazing (proudly displayed on our large class bulletin board!), showing off everything the students have learned about the savanna. On Monday, students will be assigned new table groups that will also be their animal expert groups. We will be doing some more creative collaborative work early in the week before diving into researching and writing our non-fiction all about animal books. Group members will work together to find a role for each member of the group that best suits everyone's needs. |