Numbered Heads Together

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Numbered Heads Together

• A Cooperative Learning Strategy

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Purpose

• To check for understanding and review
• To create active involvement
• To create interaction among students
• To help master basic facts and information

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Structure

• Students number off
• Teacher announces a question and a time limit
• Students put their heads together
• Teacher calls a number

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Fishbowl

• Teacher models the activity to the class.
• Tell the students to appoint a Checker who will
  make sure that everyone knows the answer.

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Questions

• Put your heads together and name the structure of
  a Narrative.
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• Make sure that everyone in the team can describe
  what goes in the Orientation of a Narrative.
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• Make sure that everyone in the team can give at
  least five skills that good readers use when
  reading.
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• Put your heads together and state whether true or
  false.
• Reading is linked to Thinking
• Give reasons for your answer.
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• Make sure you can all state what an open
  question and a closed question is. Give one
  example each.
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• What should you do after you have written your
  first draft? You have thirty seconds to make
  sure everyone on your team knows the answer.
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• Put your heads together and state
• The purpose of a Narrative
• The purpose of a Procedure
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• What colours would best describe peace and
  happiness? You have 30 seconds to make sure
  everyone on your team knows this answer.
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Reflection

• What did I enjoy about this activity?
• What did I find challenging?
• I think I should work on
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