I love when my third graders collaborate. Each morning we begin our day with what we call Committees. Students are divided into five groups. The Morning Message group works together to write a letter to the class. The Webkinz group takes care of our "class pets," Fluffy and Owlivia, on the Webkinz website and records their information in a notebook. The Problem Solving group works together to solve an open ended math problem. The Fact Finder group reads a nonfiction article and finds three facts within the article that tells a summary. The Digging in the Dictionary group finds and introduces a new vocabulary word.
After some work time each group uses the Elmo and projector to share their work with the rest of the class. What a great way to start the day with communication and collaboration.
(Click on the links for some of the recording sheets we use in our committee notebooks)
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