Principle 4: ACTIVE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Active Participation
Rationale: When a teacher uses small fires groups, it sets a norm for respectful listening, creates a safe space for sharing ideas and allows for small group processing.
Description: Students gather in a small group with only chairs (knee to knee) and share with each other about the topic given to them or answer an assigned discussion question. Someone from the group summarizes and reports out to the large group at the end.
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