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Michelle Palank. Cur 505 2mc flexible grouping presentation. Flexible grouping. You and your classmates will be grouped frequently to work on different assignments. You will be grouped randomly. Sometimes groups will work on similar assignments and other swill work on different assignments.
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Michelle Palank Cur 505 2mc flexible grouping presentation
Flexible grouping • You and your classmates will be grouped frequently to work on different assignments. • You will be grouped randomly. • Sometimes groups will work on similar assignments and other swill work on different assignments.
Expectations for group work: • Speak in insides voices, only members of your group should be able to hear you. • Discuss topics only that relate to the group discussion. • Be respectful to all members in your group. • Allow all members to have input on a topic. • Provide constructive criticism.
1st group activity • Each one of you received a card, (Ace, King, Queen, Jack.) • Each group of 4 must have an Ace, King, Queen, and Jack in it. • You have 30 seconds to get into your groups.
Group activity: expectations • Each group is to collaborate and create and act out each scenario. • Speak in insides voices, only members of your group should be able to hear you. • Discuss topics only that relate to the group discussion. • Be respectful to all members in your group. • Allow all members to have input on a topic. • Provide constructive criticism.
Resources: • Heacox, D. (2002). Differentiating instruction in the regular classroom: How to reach and teach all learners, grades 3-12. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing. • Valentino, C. (2000). Flexible grouping. Retrieved from • http://www.eduplace.com/science/profdev/articles/valentino.html.