Cooperative Learning Team Mats

Cooperative learning table mats are mats that you place in the center of a 4 person table or desk.
Cooperative learning team mats. The mat leads the team through a cooperative and engaging process for responding to any set of review questions. Students respond to thinking questions in teams. There is one page with all capital letters one page with all lowercase letters and one page that is blank. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn thus creating an.
These cooperative learning team mats are the perfect classroom management tool for your classroom. Each student has a role with each. One side is the number mat that has all the bells and whistles. Teams should generally include both boys and girls.
No one tunes out so everyone learns. Fan n pick is a cooperative learning review structure students play using question or review cards on any topic. Find someone who formations mix freeze group numbered heads together primary. Each student is assigned a number 1 through 4 and a letter a or b.
Fabulous cooperative learning structures for youngsters. Cooperative learning strategies teaching strategies siop strategies leadership activities educational leadership group activities teaching ideas classroom schedule school classroom. Cooperative learning teams generally stay together for about six weeks in upper elementary classrooms. The mat leads students through this interactive structure ensuring everyone keeps actively involved.
If possible each team should consist of one high performing student two average students and one low performing student. When you tell students to pair up with their face partner and partner a will solve the first problem and partner b will coach no one is confused. If your students work in groups of 2 or 4 they can easily know what number they are and who their partners are in a very simple easy to see format. Pick which side you want to use with your students.
The other side is a fan n pick mat. Practice letter recognition with these letter mats. For open ended thinking questions the team flips the mat over to the rotating thinking side. They also assign shoulder partners and face partners.
This set of mats is great for team based thinking and review sessions. Each team places a mat in the centre of the team table or between them on the carpet. Fan n pick is a cooperative learning review structure students play using question or review cards on any topic. Cooperative learning table mats color team letters a f by.
Manage team and pair interactions like a pro with the. Each team places a mat in the center of the team table. The mat leads the team through a cooperative and engaging process for responding to any set of review questions. Each team should reflect the ethnic diversity of your classroom.
Print each mat on different color paper to distingu. The other side is a fan n pick mat. The mats are designed to make the most of teamwork.