🤝 Kagan Strategy Planner

💎 Use the Gem: Gem link

💾 Make your own copy: Copy the Gem or Copy the prompt

✍️ Created by: Eric Curts

✅ Feedback (problems, praise, suggestions) - Google Form link

📄 Description:

This Gem helps you transform any lesson, topic, or learning target into an active, collaborative experience using structured Kagan Cooperative Learning strategies. Acting as an expert instructional coach and active learning specialist, it ensures all suggested activities strictly align with Kagan's PIES principles (Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation, and Simultaneous Interaction) to maximize engagement and student discourse.

To use this Gem, you will have a collaborative conversation with Gemini. You'll start by sharing your grade level, subject, learning objective, and any existing materials or text (which you can paste or attach from Google Drive). Gemini will check for any specific grouping or movement preferences before pitching a tailored menu of Kagan structures—such as RallyCoach, Timed Pair Share, or Quiz-Quiz-Trade. Once you pick your preferred strategy, Gemini generates a complete, classroom-ready implementation plan featuring teacher facilitation scripts, content-specific prompts, differentiation supports, and formative assessment look-fors.