A beginning of the term presentation/class for a high school math class, including class and teambuilding activities to introduce them to how they'll be working in groups

1. Welcome! To a brand new math class!

2. Welcome! First thing: Cooperative Groups!

3. Welcome! Why the penguin? Stay tuned . . .

4. But first,pick a card, any card

5. Then stand up!

6. walk around… meet & greet Shake, high 5, low 5 …trade cards Mingle Music

7. PAIR UP!with the same colorcard

8. Person with the longest fingernails talks first…

9. One Minute to talk about a favorite movie …

10. One Minute to talk about a favorite movie … GO!

11. and Switch!

12. Give each other a ‘round’ of applause! while saying: “Nice Job, Fred!”

13. One More Time . . . Meet and greet Trade: a “Hey!”, a shake, your cards Mingle Music

14. PAIR UP!Someone with a differentcolor card

15. Evaluateyour expression Example: 32 – 2 * 3

16. Give each other the ‘Grate’ cheer! “You were grate! grate! …” while grating a lemon

17. Go sit at the group of deskswith the # from your card Look at the sign above us!

18. Pass card to your left Double-check that one All in the right group?

19. 1. Know each other’s names??2. Pick a team name from a movie Now Learning: The Avatars

20. Hey, you makin’ fun of my nose? Your Group Positions 4 1 Shoulder Partners 2 3 Face Partners

21. 1’s stand up! 4 1 2 3

22. 3’s stand up! 4 1 2 3

23. Shoulder Partners high 5’s! 4 1 2 3

24. Face Partners: fist bumps! 4 1 2 3

25. Got your numbers? 1’s: ”One for the money” 2’s: ”Two for the show” 3’s: ”Three to get ready” 4’s: ”now go cat, go”

26. Do the Antarctic Cheer! That wasbrrrrrrrilliant!

27. Got it? OK, so why the penguins . . .

28. Cooperative Groups Is it good for our colony?

29. Cooperative Groups What’s in it for ME?

30. Cooperative Groups Is it FUN?

31. Which animals cooperate?and how? a) Think of some *don’t talk – think in your own head!

32. 1’s grab the whiteboard

33. Which animals cooperate?and how? b) Write one down and pass it: left Dung Beetles - share their dung . . . . . . (*keep passing until none left)

34. Which animals cooperate?and how? c) 2’s share with class *2’s stand up!

35. Which animals cooperate?and how? c) 2’s share with class *2’s stand up! Take your hands out

36. Penguins You saw Happy Feet, right?

37. Penguins We huddle in a storm, and rotate places!

38. Penguins Mom & Dad take turns protecting me in their brood flap The other goes fishing and regurgitates it for me!

39. Penguins And we’re VERY organized!

40. Ants

41. Bees

42. Birds

43. Chimpanzees

44. Fish

45. Meerkats

46. Musk Oxen

47. Did we forget any? Like, maybe, these?

48. Last Activity! A: Individual (silent) writing Write 3-5 examples of cooperating humans

49. B:Group share #4 reads his/hers Others write if they don’t have Rotate till got all

50. Random class sharing

51. That’s it for our intro toCooperative Learning Thanks for cooperating!

52. Give yourselvesa “Yaaaay!” & the ‘ketchup’ clap!