Friday, July 12, 2013

Grouping Students

Since it is Summer and I am a teacher, I have been addicted to Pinterest lately.  I have found so many creative ideas that I cannot wait to use in my classroom come August!  While lazily searching, I found this pin about different ways to group students.


I immediately went on over to the site I Love 2 Teach to check out the different ideas.  Being a high school teacher, I feel that I have definitely been stuck in a rut when it comes to grouping my students.  I use popsicle sticks so much that my students know what is going to happen when I tell them that we are working in groups.  

After reading some of the great ideas, I fell in love with the Famous Pairs grouping idea.  Each student will receive a laminated card with a name or thing on it.  The students must figure out what goes with that particular item in order to find their partner.  I used a few of the ideas from the blog, like peanut butter & jelly, milk & cookies, and toothbrush & toothpaste to create a few of my pairs.  Then I had fun!   I decided to use famous couples on several of the cards (Romeo & Juliet, Mickey & Minnie, Buzz Lightyear & Woody, etc).  I think these cards are so much fun and I can't wait to use them in my classroom!

Click here to get the file.