These students are quizzing each other on words from this week's spelling list. Quiz-Quiz-Trade is a Kagan structure used by teachers to increase student engagement. Instead of the old fashioned one student answers a question a time, this activity engages all learners and allows them to interact with their peers.
Each child has a spelling word card. The students walk around the room to music, when the music stops they put a hand in the air and partner up with a free student nearest to them. Once they partner up hands go down, this way it is easy to tell who does not yet have a partner. Partners stand toe-to-toe and look eye-to-eye, greet each other and begin the quizzing process. Before we begin I set a rule for who will go first, like "the person with the longest hair." Each student takes a turn being the teacher and asks his partner to spell the word written on his card, without revealing the word card. If the spelling partner struggles the student teacher may coach the spelling student to success. Once they each have a turn being the teacher and a turn spelling they give each other a supportive cheer. Then they trade spelling cards and begin to mix and partner again as the music plays.
You can tell by the expression on their faces they really love this way of learning. These boys are giving each other a High-Five cheer.
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