Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.3B Grade 4 CPI 6

 

Standard: 3.3 Speaking

 

Strand: B - Questioning (Inquiry) and Contributing

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 6 -  The student will solve a problem or understand a task through group cooperation.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·               In pairs, students think-pair-share. Teachers ask the class to think of their funniest moment. With partners, students share these experiences. During debriefing, each student summarizes his/her partner’s funny moment for the class.

 

·               In groups of four, students interview one another about their favorite books. Students count off. Students 1 and 3 listen while students 2 and 4 tell about their favorite books. Then, students 1 and 3 tell what they have learned. Next, students 1 and 3 tell about their favorite books while students 2 and 4 listen. Finally, 2 and 4 tell what they have learned.

 

·               After reading and discussing a chapter in a novel, cooperative groups identify a character whom they would like to know more about. Each group prepares questions they would like to ask their chosen character and offers reasons why this information would be useful to readers. They then share their questions and reasons with the whole class.

 

·               Students work in pairs to develop a set of written directions for completing class jobs. Pairs trade directions and give feedback.

 

·               After the teacher conducts a mini-lesson on how to give clear directions to others, he divides the class into several groups. Each group becomes proficient at doing a particular craft (e.g., making sun prints). Each group then functions as a panel of experts that instructs the others to make the craft.

 

 

Vignettes (in PDF Format):

 

·          Developing Critical Reading and Notetaking Skills through Researching a Famous African American

·          Developing Critical Listening, Speaking, and Writing Skills through a Study of Endangered Animals