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Carousel Brainstorm is a collaborative structure that is used to build background knowledge, review material, or generate opinions. Carousel Brainstorm encourages students to build upon one another’s ideas, with maximum participation.
HANDOUTS and RESOURCES:
STEPS:
SETTING UP THE ROOM: Chart paper and markers or other drawing utensils should be set up around the room. The topic/image/quotation based on a previous or upcoming unit should be written/displayed at the top of each sheet of chart paper posted around the room.
STUDENT GROUPS: Create as many groups as there are topics posted around the room (ex. For seven topics, create seven groups of students).
MOVING GROUPS to POSTERS: Send each group to a different piece of chart paper. It may be helpful to assign each group; as well as provide a different color of marker to each group, to differentiate each group's contributions.
BRAINSTORM: Give each group a short amount of time to brainstorm as many ideas as possible so the question/topic before them. After the allotted time is up, have all groups rotate to the next poster. Each group will now review the ideas on the chart and add their own ideas and questions. Repeat this process until all of the groups have recorded ideas for each question/topic.
GALLERY TOUR: Once all groups have been to all of the posters, have students complete a gallery tour to review all of the posters, discussing ideas that other groups added.
SCAFFOLDS:
Give each group a talking piece so each student gets to share.
Have one student designated as the group leader who records the responses on each poster. This job can change with each poster if students are ready.
Use pictures, graphics, topics, letters at the top for discussion and brainstorm.
Have students draw pictures to demonstrate ideas
Provide cut outs of pictures for students to paste on each poster
EXTENSIONS:
Review main characters from a story: each poster shows a different character from the story.
Process new vocabulary: each poster contains key words or images related to new vocabulary and the group makes connections/meaning to each word.
Process math facts: Each poster shows a different process to get to 10. Groups show different ways to solve for 10.
Students take added ideas to original feedback and write a summary paragraph that is inclusive of every groups feedback.
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