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Fan-N-Pick One Stray Poems for Two Voices

Description of Teammates play a card One teammate “strays” Partners create and
Strategy game to respond to from her team to a new present a poem they
various questions. The team to share or gather recite using one voice,
roles will then rotate information. the other voice, or both.
with each new question.

How to Use Strategy Setup: Each team 1) A number is 1) The teacher assigns
receives a set of randomly called and each pair a poem
question cards.
that student from topic.

each team stands 2) Partners work

1) Student #1 holds up. The remaining together to write
question cards in a three teammates their poem.

fan and says, “Pick remain seated but 3) Partners label each
a card, any card”.
raise their hands.
line of their poem,
2) Student #2 picks a 2) Teacher calls, A, B, or AB,
card, reads the “Stray”.
representing who
question aloud, and 3) Standing students will read each line.

allows five seconds stray to a team that 4) Pairs rehearse their

of think time.
has their hands up.
poems.

3) Student #3 answers 4) Teams lower their 5) Pairs recite their

the question
hands when a new poems to another
4) Student #4 member joins them.
pair or to the class.
responds to the 5) Students work in
answer. For right/ their new teams to
wrong answers, share or gather
student #4 checks information.
and then either
praises or tutors.
For questions that
have no right or
wrong answer,
student #4 does not
check for
correctness, but
praises and then
paraphrases the
thinking that went
into the answer.

5) Students rotate
roles, one person
clockwise for each
new round.
 Fan-N-Pick One Stray Poems for Two Voices

When to Use Strategy 1) Reading 1) If students are 1) English Language

comprehension. already in groups for Arts. Provide
Finish reading a normal seating, this students with a
book and can ask can be a way for passage and have
various questions students to interact them read the
about the story.
with new people.
passage for
2) Math Lesson. 2) Number students off comprehension and
Students pick a into however many understanding.

card which has a groups, if not 2) Theatre class.

problem on it and already in groups, to Students can use
then work on then assign them to this while reciting
solving it. The steps a group.
and practicing a
in Fan-N-Pick 3) Physical Education: play.

continue.
Way to number off 3) English Language
3) History Lesson. and create students Arts. Change up
Students can pick a for teams.
step #1 and have
card which has an 4) Implement with students create a
important event in Carousel Feedback poem and then
history and provide as well. A student recite.

a response as to strays off from the 4) The teacher can

important facts original group, have students pair
about the event.
learns new up and read a
4) Science. Students information, and passage. The
can pick a card that returns to the teacher can then
has two correct original group to asses the students
answers and one advise them what reading ability and
incorrect answer. they learned.
provide correction
Students work to 5) If the teacher has or have the
identify the incorrect stations created, the additional paired
answer.
teacher can use student provide
5) Use the structure as One Stray to praise/assistance.

a large group separate students 5) Use it in a language

competition and into different class. One student
have classes activities/stations. reads a sentence in
compete against English, the next
each other to see student reads the
how fast they can same sentence in
provide the correct Spanish or differing
answers. language.
 Fan-N-Pick One Stray Poems for Two Voices

Variations of Strategy 1) Can do it in pairs.

1) Can do it as a large 1) Can do it in a larger
2) Can do it as a large class.
group, such as 4,
group. The teacher 2) Make it more than with more than two
can have students one stray. Create voices.

pick a card and two “Strays”. Ex: 2) Have students

each team could “Number one and create a poem
then work on the twos, Stray!
rather than
answer.
3) Add on to the assigning them one.

3) Make a competition original version by 3) The pair can read

out of it. Time teams having students the poem and
to see how many return to their another student(s)
answers they can original group and can guess which
get right. In this share what they had type of poem was
case, step #4 may learned from the read aloud.
be removed. new group.
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RallyCoach Web Quests Inquiry Methods

Description of Partners take turns, one Engaging activities that Involve all students
Strategy solving a problem while ask students to solve drawing on background
the other coaches. problems or conduct knowledge, using
investigations using higher-level thinking
resources found at skills to create meaning,
various online sites. conducting authentic
Students then create a research, and
final product using the evaluating their results.
information gathered
during the Web Quest.

How to Use Strategy Setup: Each pair needs 1) Students are given a 1) Students are given a
one set of high- worksheet or the problem.

consensus problems handout as to what 2) Students gather

and one pencil.
they are to search information and
on the internet.
generate a solution
1) Partner A solves the 2) Students use or explanation.

first problem.
technology to 3) Students then
2) Partner B watches search for the provide the
and listens, checks, needed items.
soundness of their
coaches if 3) Students gather and thinking with an
necessary, and collect necessary evaluation of their
praises.
information.
solution or
3) Partner B solves the 4) Students present explanation.
next problem.
the materials in a
4) Partner A watches pre-determined
and listens, checks, format such as a
coaches if paper, presentation,
necessary, and etc.
praises.

5) Partners repeat
taking turns to
solving successive
problems.
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When to Use Strategy 1) Math. Provide 1) Math. Provide 1) Math. Students are
students with math students with a asked to create a
problems to work worksheet for word problem. Each
through and go conversions and student then
back and forth have them work to receives a word
between Partner A identify how to problem from a
and Partner B.
convert numbers.
different student
2) Science. Students 2) History. Students and solves the
can go back and can look up differing equation.

forth between news articles that 2) Science. Students

organizing the steps differ on opinion and can be asked a
of the scientific can then compare question such as
method and and contrast.
“Can element A and
checking to 3) Theater. Students element B be
ascertain if they are can look up different combined? If so,
correct.
plays and then what do they
3) History. Students analyze the create?”

are given a timeline structure and find 3) History. Students

with dates. Each similarities and can be asked “What
partner will match differences.
do you think would
one event on the 4) English and History. happen in the world
timeline and then Students research if World War 2 did
partner B can offer information not occur?”

praise or coaching, regarding their 4) History. Students

if necessary.
favorite author and can look up differing
4) Math. Can be used then write an essay.
news articles that
during 360 degree 5) History. Students differ on opinion and
math. Each student can be given a date can then compare
has their own and time in history and contrast.

whiteboard and and the students 5) Can be used as a

students can look to then need to search method for students
their left and right and find out events who are excelling in
and see if their 15 years before and the classroom and
fellow peers need after the assigned who may be
assistance.
event to create a curriculum-
5) Create larger groups timeline. compacting.
and have students
further assess and
aide each other ran
than only one
student.
 RallyCoach Web Quests Inquiry Methods

Variations of Strategy 1) Create larger groups 1) Have students use 1) Put students in a
than two.
books in the library pair or group and
2) Make a competition to look up work on solving the
out of the information instead problem and
RallyCoach. Make of online.
providing the
one classroom 2) Put students in pairs defense together.

Partner A and or groups.

2) Students can all
another classroom 3) On a field trip work together to
Partner B.
students can be create the various
3) After Partner A and provided with pre- questions for a test,
Partner B solve determined with teacher
problems, they can questions and approval. The
share and check things to look for. students then can
answers with other Ex: Field trip to the defend and provide
groups. zoo, however will be explanation to the
a “hands on” Web teacher as to why
Quest. they are important
and should be on
the test.

3) Students can write a

paper when given a
topic to provide
clarification and
defense on a related
topic.