Collaboration

Students in our crew define collaboration as working together and listening to each others ideas. 

We have been working hard to collaborate in small groups.  Through discussion protocols using a talking stick, we talk about:
*pieces of high quality work
*accuracy and/or strategies of a math problem
*excerpt of a text

From these great discussions, students are coming up with criteria lists for math problems, close reading, and high quality writing.

We also had a collaboration challenge with our YO Buddies.  Partnerships were given one piece of paper, one pair of scissors and one glue stick.  They had to collaborate to make the longest chain they could.

 Our fourth grade buddies were excellent role models of actively listening and coming up with a plan before starting the challenge.  It was interesting to see what the partnerships came up with.

Students are practicing actively listening and openly sharing ideas.