Kagan

Students play an interactive quizzing game to learn about space vocabulary. This set includes matching cards. For example, one card reads, “Moon.” The matching card gives the definition of the vocabulary word: A natural satellite that goes around a planet. Every student in class receives one card with either a space vocabulary word or the definition of a space vocabulary word. Students play Quiz-Quiz-Trade with their cards. The quizzing looks like this: Students put a hand up and find a partner. In the pair, one partner has the Moon card and asks, “What is a moon?” The other partner responds. Then they quiz the other way. The other partner has a card with the definition of an astronomer. He asks, “What is the term for a scientist who studies space?” His partner responds. Students trade cards and find a new partner to quiz. After many rounds of pairing and quizzing, the teacher asks students to hurry and find their partner with their matching card. The repeated quizzing with multiple classmates makes the content super memorable. Your students have so much fun that they barely realize they’re learning!

Students play an interactive quizzing game to learn about matter and energy vocabulary. This set includes matching cards. For example, one card reads, “Potential Energy.” The matching card gives the definition of the vocabulary word, stored energy. Every student in class receives one card with either a matter and energy vocabulary word or the definition of a matter and energy vocabulary word. Students play Quiz-Quiz-Trade with their cards. The quizzing looks like this: Students put a hand up and find a partner. In the pair, one partner has the Potential Energy card and asks, “What is the definition of potential energy, and what is one example of it?” The other partner responds. Then they quiz the other way. The other partner has a card with the definition of fuel. He asks, “What is the term for material with energy stored in it? Burning it releases heat. Heat is used to drive machines. Examples include oil, coal, and gas.” His partner responds. Students trade cards and find a new partner to quiz. After many rounds of pairing and quizzing, the teacher asks students to hurry and find their partner with their matching card. The repeated quizzing with multiple classmates makes the content super memorable. Your students have so much fun that they barely realize they’re learning!

Students play an interactive quizzing game to learn about human body systems. This set includes matching cards. For example, one card reads, “Veins.” The matching card gives the body system that veins belong to, circulatory system. Every student in class receives one card with either the name of a body part or a body system. Students play Quiz-Quiz-Trade with their cards. The quizzing looks like this: Students put a hand up and find a partner. In the pair, one partner has the Veins card and asks, “What system do veins belong to?” The other partner responds. Then they quiz the other way. The other partner has a card with the skeletal system. He asks, “What body parts belong to the skeletal system?” His partner responds. Students trade cards and find a new partner to quiz. After many rounds of pairing and quizzing, the teacher asks students to hurry and find their partner with their matching card. The repeated quizzing with multiple classmates makes the content super memorable. Your students have so much fun that they barely realize they’re learning!

Download this set for a hands-on, cooperative logic activity to build teamwork and thinking skills. Each student on a team of four receives a card with one bug: bee, grasshopper, spider, or fly. The teacher or the team reads clues to figure out how to sequence the four cards. Students physically move themselves in the team line up according to the clue. For example, “The hopping bug is left of the bug with eight legs.” Students rearrange themselves with each new clue. When they think they solved the sequence, they check their line-up against the answer and celebrate if they got it right. The six problems build your students' deductive thinking skills, spatial reasoning, spatial vocabulary, and teamwork skills. Includes problems, answers, full-page and quarter-page reproducible cards, and instructions for other cooperative ways to play.

Download this set for a hands-on, cooperative logic activity to build teamwork and thinking skills. Each student on a team of four receives a card with one holiday: Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, or Halloween. The teacher or the team reads clues to figure out how to sequence the four cards. Students physically move themselves in the team line up according to the clue. For example, “Independence Day is next to Halloween.” Students rearrange themselves with each new clue. When they think they solved the sequence, they check their line-up against the answer and celebrate if they got it right. The six problems build your students' deductive thinking skills, spatial reasoning, spatial vocabulary, and teamwork skills. Includes problems, answers, full-page and quarter-page reproducible cards, and instructions for other cooperative ways to play.

Download this set for a hands-on, cooperative logic activity to build teamwork and thinking skills. Each student on a team of four receives a card with one occupation: mechanic, fire fighter, nurse, or farmer. The teacher or the team reads clues to figure out how to sequence the four cards. Students physically move themselves in the team line up according to the clue. For example, “The fire fighter is on the left side of the nurse.” Students rearrange themselves with each new clue. When they think they solved the sequence, they check their line-up against the answer and celebrate if they got it right. The six problems build your students' deductive thinking skills, spatial reasoning, spatial vocabulary, and teamwork skills. Includes problems, answers, full-page and quarter-page reproducible cards, and instructions for other cooperative ways to play.

Download this set for a hands-on, cooperative logic activity to build teamwork and thinking skills. Each student on a team of four receives a card with one nutritious food: apple, bread, cheese, or ham. The teacher or the team reads clues to figure out how to sequence the four cards. Students physically move themselves in the team line up according to the clue. For example, “The ham and bread are not next to each other.” Students rearrange themselves with each new clue. When they think they solved the sequence, they check their line-up against the answer and celebrate if they got it right. The six problems build your students' deductive thinking skills, spatial reasoning, spatial vocabulary, and teamwork skills. Includes problems, answers, full-page and quarter-page reproducible cards, and instructions for other cooperative ways to play.

Download this set for a hands-on, cooperative logic activity to build teamwork and thinking skills. Each student on a team of four receives a card with one season: winter, spring, summer, or fall. The teacher or the team reads clues to figure out how to sequence the four cards. Students physically move themselves in the team line up according to the clue. For example, “Summer is next to winter.” Students rearrange themselves with each new clue. When they think they solved the sequence, they check their line-up against the answer and celebrate if they got it right. The six problems build your students' deductive thinking skills, spatial reasoning, spatial vocabulary, and teamwork skills. Includes problems, answers, full-page and quarter-page reproducible cards, and instructions for other cooperative ways to play.

This set features 32 multiple-choice Context Clues quiz cards to teach your students how to better understand what they read and improve their vocabularies. To play, every student receives a quiz card. Students then pair up with a classmate to quiz each other. For example, one student has a quiz card with a sentence with the word “frequently” underlined. The partner must use the sentence clues to determine that the word means “often.” After quizzing both ways, coaching or praising, they trade cards and set off to quiz a new classmate with their new card. The repeated practice boosts retention of the content. Memorizing important information and concepts has never been so fun! Cards can also be used for other Kagan Structures including Fan-N-Pick, RallyQuiz, and Showdown. Instructions provided.

This set features 32 multiple-choice Equivalent Fractions quiz cards to help your students understand fraction equivalents (two fractions that refer to the same simplified fraction or number). To play, every student receives an Equivalent Fractions quiz card. Students then pair up with a classmate to quiz each other. For example, one student has a quiz card with the fraction 9/36. The student being quizzed must select 8/32 as the equivalent fraction. After quizzing both ways, coaching or praising, they trade cards and set off to quiz a new classmate with their new card. The repeated practice boosts retention of the content. Memorizing important information and concepts has never been so fun! Cards can also be used for other Kagan Structures including Fan-N-Pick, RallyQuiz, and Showdown. Instructions provided.