Any ideas on grouping students? It has to be an activity.The only thing I have found is this:
Recycle greetings cards/magazine pictures. Rip or cut old greetings card into the required number of group members, shuffle and distribute amongst the pupils, for example five cards cut into sixth pieces will create five groups with six pupils in each group. The same activity can be used with posters/photographs for famous people/teams/bands etc
But it has to be an activity!!!! I really don't have any ideas.
1.activity needs to activate student's listening skills
2.activity reading skills
3.activity speaking skills??
Clearly you didn't read Sra's addition to this long thread yesterday.
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1241189987
Yes these are all wonderful ideas and thank you :)but my teacher told me that these groupings should not and must not be short! So I am not allowd to say everyone with black T shirts is one group and so on..This is supposed to be an activity which has to last for 5 minutes.So, grouping needs to last for 5 minutes!And that is a long time.That is wha I have problems now.i have many ideas on how to put students in groups but they all last 1-2 minutes.So that is why i thought that someone maybe has a "longer" idea.Well I'll look more on the internet
Thank you
I never used grouping techniques that lasted over 1 or at most 2 minutes. The point was not forming the groups; the point was to form groups quickly and get on with the assignment.
Sorry.
Maybe others have different ideas.
OK. Here is an idea I used the very first day of class. First of all, I was wearing a 3 x 5 card with MY information. Each student gets a 3 x 5 card. You could have them write any 5 things on that card --- one in the middle and one in each of the 4 corners.
For example: the name in the middle. A favorite book in one corner, a favorite movie, favorite person, favorite "hobby" or activity.
Then the students circulate, learning names and the information in the 4 corners. They need to group according to ONE of those things on the card. If YOU pick that one thing, there will be less chaos!
Sra
Sorry, but on your first post, I thought you said "quick" activity!
Thank you, that is it!:) That is an activity I need.Now I'll try to come up with 2 more.
Thank you
Here are a few activity ideas that can group students while activating their listening, reading, and speaking skills:
1. Gallery Walk: Prepare different reading passages or short texts related to a specific topic you are studying. Hang each text on different walls around the classroom. Divide the students into small groups and assign each group to a starting point. Give them a set amount of time to read and discuss each passage. Then, have the groups rotate to the next text and repeat the process. This activity encourages active listening, as students will need to listen carefully to their peers' summaries and discussions.
2. Jigsaw Reading: Choose a longer passage or article that can be divided into smaller sections. Divide the students into small groups and assign each group a different section of the text to read and become experts on. After they have read and discussed their individual sections, reshuffle the groups so that each new group contains one representative from each of the original groups. In this new group, students take turns summarizing and explaining their assigned sections to their peers. This activity develops reading skills as students decode and comprehend the text, as well as speaking skills as they share and explain their knowledge.
3. Debate Prep: Organize a debate activity where students will discuss a given topic. Divide the students into two or more groups, with each group representing a specific viewpoint or stance on the topic. Provide them with resources such as articles, videos, or case studies that they can use to gather information. Each group will work together to collect facts and evidence to support their assigned viewpoint. Once they have prepared their arguments, hold a class debate where each group presents their positions. This activity requires active listening as students need to pay attention to different arguments presented, and it encourages speaking skills as they express and defend their opinions.
Remember, these activities can be adapted and modified to fit the specific needs of your students and the topics you're studying.