Find Someone Who•Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up•A asks questions; B responds. •A records answer•B checks and initials answer•Switch roles•Repeat with a new partner each time•When worksheets are complete, students sit and compare

Inside Outside Circle

• Half the class forms outside circle

• Remaining students form inside circle

• Inside students ask; Outside students respond

• Partners switch roles

• Students rotate

Match Mine• Sender arranges pieces• Sender describes arrangements; receiver

matches• Partners check for accuracy• Receiver praises sender• Switch roles; play again

Mix-N-Match• Students mix and pair

• Partners quiz each other

• Partners trade cards

• Students quiz new partners

• Teacher calls “Freeze!”

• Students “Match”

Mix Pair Share

• Students mix

• Teacher calls “Pair”

• Hand Up, Pair Up

• Teacher asks question, gives think time

• Share: Timed Pair Share or Rally Robin

Numbered Heads Together

• Students number off• Teacher asks question• Students think and write• Heads together; share and discuss• Teams signal when ready• Teacher calls number• That number answers

Rally Coach

• Students sit in pairs

• First problem: A solves, B coaches and praises

• Next problem: B solves; A coaches and praises

• Continue solving problems

Rally Robin

• Teacher poses problem

• Partners repeatedly take turns; answering orally

Round Robin

• Teacher asks a question

• Teammates take turns answering

Round Table

• Teachers assign problem

• Team members each write and pass

Showdown• Question cards placed in center

• Showdown captain reads a question

• Students work alone and write answers

• Teammates signal when ready

• Showdown captain calls “Showdown”

• Teammates show and discuss answers

• Teammates celebrate or coach

• New showdown captain leads next round

Simultaneous Roundtable• Teacher assigns task

• Everyone writes!

• Everyone passes!

• Continue: Pass-N-Add

Spend-A-Buck

• Team lays out alternatives

• Teammates spend a buck on each alternative

• Teammates spend remaining dollars

• Teams sum dollars to determine team decision

Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up

• Students stand up, hand up, pair up

• Teacher asks question

• Think time

• Partners share using:Rally RobinTimed Pair Share

Talking Chips

• Teacher provides topic

• One student places a chip in center, begins discussion

• Students use chips to continue discussion

• Chips used up? Students collect chips, continue discussion

Team Stand-N-Share• Teams stand up• Teacher calls on one student• Student states one idea from list• Team Recorders add idea or check it off• Sharing continues with rotating Recorder• Teams sit when all ideas checked off• Seated teams Round Table, recording

new ideas

Timed Pair Share

• Teacher announces topic and time

• Think Time

• A shares; B listens

• B responds and praises

• B shares; A listens

• A responds and praises

Telephone• One Learner per team leaves the room• Remaining students (Teachers) receive

instruction• Teachers plan instruction• Learners return to teams• Teachers teach Learners• Learners take practice test

Mix Freeze Group

• Students mix• Teacher calls Freeze• Students Freeze• Teacher asks question• Students group according to the number of

the answer• Remaining students go to the Lost and Found

Pairs Compare

• Teacher asks question with multiple possible responses

• Shoulder partners Rally Table• Teacher calls time• Students RoundRobin answers, adding

new answers to their lists• Team challenge: Teams generate

additional answers

Quiz-Quiz-Trade• Students Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up• Quiz: A quizzes• B answers• A praises or tutors• Quiz: Partners switch roles• Trade: Partners trade cards• Students repeatedly Quiz-Quiz-Trade with

new partners

Rally Table

• Teacher asks question with multiple possible answers

• Partners take turns writing answers on one paper

Find the Fiction

• Students write statements: two true, one false• One teammates stands and reads statements• Teammates each write best guess, reach

consensus, and announce guess• Standing student reveals answer• If correct: Student claps for teammates. If

incorrect: Teammates clap for student• Next teammate share

Fan-N-Pick

• Student One fans cards• Student Two picks, reads, gives Think Time• Student Three answers• Student Four praises and tutors or

paraphrases• Students rotate roles