Valentine's Theme Cooperative Learning Strategies

Kids are always excited about the upcoming holidays, and as teachers we look for ways to incorporate holidays into our curriculum. Here are a few ways to incorporate Valentine's Day, the curriculum, and cooperative learning. To find directions for the strategies listed below, visit these links within my blog.

  

Cooperative learning possibilities for the holidays are endless!

Fact or Fiction

This may be a familiar cooperative learning strategy for some of you, with many ways to use.  After giving students a task, they write two correct answers and one incorrect.  Not only do students have to come up with correct answers, but they are using higher level thinking when coming up with an answer that is incorrect.

This is a fun strategy for my students.  They love to stump each other and equally love it when their teammate is unable to stump them!

 

Have you used Fact or Fiction?  What other ways could you use it?

Commas - Fact or Fiction

Using Fact or Fiction, students write three compound sentences. In one sentence, they put the comma in an incorrect spot. In the other two sentences students put the comma in the correct place. Want to use it for a grade? Collect their papers, and you will be able to check that they can create a compound sentence correctly.