Cooperative Lesson

EDP 621, Summer 2001

by

Carrie Engel

Grade Level: First Grade

Objective: Students will learn more about their classmates through a game.

Materials: Picture Cards

Procedure:

1. Students will be given a picture card.

2. They have to find the card that has the same beginning sound as someone else in the room. This will be their partner.

3. Once paired up, they must talk about things they have in common.(Ex. Favorite animal, Favorite color, Favorite TV show, Number of siblings, etc.) Then they join arms.

4. Once every pair has joined arms, one group will start by saying one thing that was the same about them. If another group has the same commonality, they will join the arms of that group. Then that group will say something that was the same about them and another group will join arms with them. This will continue until everyone has joined arms. If there is a group at the end, we will come up with ways that they are the same.

5. When everyone has joined arms, we will sit down and talk about what we learned from the activity. (We are all the same, although we are different.)

Evaluation: There will not be a formal evaluation. I will be looking for cooperation between the groups and participation from everyone. I also will be listening to what they contribute to the group discussion after the game is over.