Create a caring, cooperative class through energizing classbuilding activities. If we continue the tool analogy we wouldnt use a hammer for sawing. I use a lot of kagan structures within my classroom, and this is a teambuilder activity already done for you. Kagan cooperative learning by dr spencer kagan, in particular chapter 6 on structures and functions. Spencer kagan the structural approach to cooperative learning teachers who are well versed in a variety of team structures can create skillful lessons that engage and enlighten their students. Successful teams depend on teambuilding activities that create mutual respect and support among teammates as well as fostering a common team identity. Gets them up and moving around and trying to complete a difficult, yet fun, task. See more ideas about team building, beginning of school and cooperative learning. Teambuilding games and activities are a great tool for helping students learn to work together, listen carefully, communicate clearly, and think creatively. This activity might be particularly appealing students with bodilykinesthetic intelligence.
Teambuilding activities dont need to be complicated. Oct 06, 2006 a pack of team building games split into communication, problemsolving and physical challenge games a bit like the crystal maze. Teams rotate from one poster to the next at given intervals, adding ideas. All four students respond, simultaneously writing, drawing, or building something with manipulatives. The teacher signals time or students place thumbs up when done with the problem. Discover how emotions effect the success of our negotiations participants.
Kagans free articles breakouts to energize brains and. See more ideas about cooperative learning, teaching and cooperative learning strategies. Kagan classbuilding and teambuilding by craig randall on prezi. First day activities team building activities back to school activities classroom activities team building questions public speaking activities morning meeting activities beginning of the school year first day of school. This creates a more effective teaching and learning. Great way to get students or coworkers to work together for a team building exercise. With kagan structures we dont want to use a highconsensus structure for developing divergent thinking. In contrast, struc tures may be used repeatedly with. Instead of didactic teaching, in which a teacher stands at the front and tells information to whole class, kagan thought that there were. Cooperative learning structures for teambuilding book. I work hard to balance the mandatory paperwor a great assortment of back to school activities that will get your students thinking and working cooperatively with their peers. Our book, teambuilding, provides many readymade teambuilding structures and activities. These activities help facilitate respect between team members and bring team members together as they work toward a common goal.
Students bond with classmates and learn to support each other. This structure is adapted with permission from the book, kagan cooperative learning, published by kagan pub lishing. Dr spencer kagan is a renowned educator who changed the way the world viewed teaching. Youll work sidebyside with top teachers from around the world. The notes pages give a guide as to how all the challenges can be led. Teambuilding is a snap with these readytocopy question cards. Autographs cb 10 mins, sheet of paper with about 20 likesdislikes, preferences, activities like find. Ability level shoulder and face partners in heterogeneous base teams. It is a nice closing activity to share one highlight and one thing they will. Cooperativecollaborative structures explicitly designed. Cooperative learning practice in order to construct a lesson in cooperative learning model, the following 5 principles and elements should be included. Youll develop new skills, new insights, and new inspirations. Lead your students through teambuilding and classbuilding by simply clicking through the steps of the structures provided.
Games for classbuilding, teambuilding and energising kaganuk. Students learn facts and information recall through activities. Kagan catalog cooperative learning kagan publishing. Empty cans of pop which you will have to seal back up with tape, sticks or pens, string, large container to fill with water how to. Includes stepbystep instructions, hints, variations, over 100 teambuilding activities, and readytouse blackline masters for each of 14 favorite teambuilding structures like.
Before joining agility, i taught elementary school for ten years. The structural approach to coop erative learning is based on the creation, analysis, and system atic application of structures, or con. You can print off the main slides and laminate them for pupils to follow. Some fun team building activitiesideas for breaking the ice. Games for classbuilding, teambuilding and energising. Teambuilding by miguel kagan, spencer kagan, paperback. Spencer kagan whose visionary ideas have done so much to. See more ideas about cooperative learning, cooperative learning strategies and kagan structures.
The teams grade the character by completing the report card, filling in the subject and supporting reason for each grade. Kagan structures walt introduce kagan structures in order to broaden teaching and learning methodology wilf improved knowledge of kagan structures and will be familiar with approx 6 structures to consider how the key principles of kagan and how these can be incorporated into learning and teaching. Structuring cooperative learning in teaching english. This structure is designed to give everyone in the group an equal chance at participation. Great activities to implement into any lesson to increase pupil engagement and interaction. Team building activities help employees work together and achieve common goals. Laurie kagan has 18 books on goodreads with 252 ratings. Published may 1st 1997 by kagan cooperative learning more details. Laurie kagans most popular book is cooperative learning. Numbered heads together students within the team number off from 14. A starting point for kagan cooperative learning gavin clowes he idea, which became the essential 5, came from a great friend and fellow national kagan trainer, rob jutras, and of course from dr. The teacher poses a question and the students put their heads together to discuss the answer. They also give your students the chance to get to know each other, build trust as a.
Sweet stories ice breaker activity team building tasks. Kagans summer academy is unlike any training you will ever experience. Students like working together, academic achievement goes up, and discipline problems become a thing of the past. Noncontent nonacademic fun easy for all class building structures everybody moving kagan classbuilding and teambuilding team building structures whole group how do i get my class and teams to function more effectively. Books by laurie kagan author of cooperative learning. Find someone who this cooperative learning strategy allows students to get to know one another while practicing acquiring information in a cooperative manner. The teacher randomly calls a number and from each team the student with that number writes the answer on the team response board. There are many team building activities that organizations can put together for their employees. Kagans work focuses on the use of many different structures to help facilitate active learning, group skills and team building. See more ideas about cooperative learning, teaching and classroom. Includes stepbystep instructions, hints, variations, over 100 teambuilding activities, and readytouse blackline masters for each. Youll receive the finest training available from kagan s top national presenters, including dr. Team building activities dont need to be complicated.
Slavins work utilizes methods from both johnson and johnson, and kagan, that has resulted in the development of specific cooperative learning structures. Each team needs to select one person who they think will win the category. Teambuilding activities for back to school the colorful apple is part of school team building activities the first week of school sure is a busy one. Includes stepbystep instructions, hints, variations, over 100 teambuilding activities, and readytouse blackline masters for each students like working together, academic achievement goes up, and discipline problems become a thing of the past. The team records the subjects on the character report card see worksheet.
This structure explicitly encourages interdependence by. Slavins work utilizes methods from both johnson and johnson, and kagan, that has resulted. Cooperative learning team building activities synonym. If you are interested in learning about more energizers and team building activities, email me. Miguel kagan teambuilding questions miguel kagan teambuilding activities are a great way to build positive student interactions and pave the way to successful teamwork on academic content. He is mainly known for his work on cooperative learning strategies often referred to as kagan learning structures. They are great for literacy centers and kagan activities.
Team members depend and rely on one another to achieve the goal. Classroom management team building ideas large size of team day activities building ideas turn talk topics hot off the press to check out the new classroom management page for teacher needs dealing with conferences, behavior and more. They also give your students the chance to get to know each other, build trust as a community and, best of all, have some fun. Jot thoughts where each team will work together to create a list or pile of great ideas that match a given topic. Cooperative learning the education university of hong. To illustrate, teachers can design many excellent cooperative activities, such as making a team mural or a quilt such activities almost always have a specific contentbound objective and, thus, cannot be used to deliver a range of academic content.
Cooperative learning structures teaching resources. Divide your class or group into teams of 4 to 5 people per team. Teambuilding games and activities for the classroom. Kagan s summer academy is unlike any training you will ever experience. A pack of teambuilding games split into communication, problemsolving and physical challenge games a bit like the crystal maze. Buy products related to kagan structures books and see what customers say. Cooperative learning structures for teambuilding by laurie kagan. Its a magical training and dream vacation all in one, set in the. Strategy c kagan approach lessons are designed such that all members of each team participate students participate equally so ensuring the success for all and learn to support and value each other both socially and academically. Speed sergeant ensures that teammates work fast, under time pressure, to come up with as many ideas as possible. Selfesteem, teamwork, communication, anger management, selfdiscovery, coping skills, jones, alanna. The application of cl principles and techniques kagan, 1992 in order to build a safe and supportive learning environment, especially for the english. Positive interdependence each student in the same group has a unique contribution to make to the joint effort. Oct 12, 2015 great way to get students or coworkers to work together for a team building exercise.
Students learn to share projects and team solutions. The teacher assigns a topic or question and provides think time. Youll receive the finest training available from kagans top national presenters, including dr. Cooperative learning works best when individuals operate like a single team, so team building activities can be used as preparation for other cooperative learning strategies. All four students respond, simultaneously writing, drawing, or building something with. Midway through my career i learned firsthand team building and energizing activities were instrumental in the success of our classroom. Some activities are work related and others have nothing to do with the work place. Each team of four needs four papers and four pencils. There are games you can play with just a deck of cards. Feb 19, 2015 first grade team building training kagan. Give the team or teams a list of 15 people who are on a yacht. One team building activity calls for a group of employees to line up according to the. Record team names on a tchart where points will be tallied i. Jul 31, 2019 team building games and activities are a great tool for helping students learn to work together, listen carefully, communicate clearly, and think creatively.
These teamformation methods are described in detail in our book, kagan cooperative learning. Split the group into small teams tell each group that they have 4 cans, 6 sticks pens and some string to use. Cooperative learning structures for teambuilding by laurie. Some fun team building activities ideas for breaking the ice.