Today in class we used a Kagan Learning Strategy in order to review the content covered from the previous day. The name of the game is numbered heads together, and in this game students are randomly selected to answer review questions for their group…here are the rules.

• Each group is given a whiteboard and marker
• Groups are divided into four and students then number off
• Teacher will call of certain numbers to answer a question
• If a students number is called, they then write the answer on their whiteboard to show to the teacher
• Students are not allowed to conference with other teammates unless they have exceeded the time limit

One aspect of this review that I really like is that it helps me as a teacher get out of the slump of calling on the same kid over and over again for answers to a class review…all the while, everyone else in the class is disinterested in the lesson. In this game each student knows that their number is likely to be called and know that they will be held accountable for producing a answer.

Mr. McClung