Mix Pair Share!

I introduced them to MIX PAIR SHARE! this week.  This is one of my favorite things to do in our classroom!  Kids walk or dance around the room to the music and when the music stops, they need to find a partner (you can’t have the same partner twice!) and answer the question I pose.  Once you’ve both had the chance to share, you go back to back without talking, and wait for everyone to finish.  I then call on people and ask them to share what their partner said, a great way to hone their listening skills and assures that they will do their best to listen to each other.  Some questions I posed this week:  What was your favorite scene in The Wild Robot?  Describe the differences between lines, rays, line segments and parallel lines.  What questions do you have about worms?  What are some character traits of Auggie?  Mix Pair Share! can be used to review for tests, share information about themselves, or answer questions about any topic.  And, as an added bonus, they get to move around the classroom.