Students jigsaw and teach each other about three frog species. Information of the three frogs is put into a large comparison chart. The second and third grade students will compare and contrast frog species in process grid form with 5 out of 6 blocks correctly filled out. Studetns can read expository text and jigsaw effectively into cooperative groups. Studetns are responsible for their own learning and retention of information.
Teacher needs to have expository text well organized and grouping pre-determined.
They are grouped as experts based on the sticker in the upper left-hand corner of the card. They are later re-grouped based on the sticker in the upper right hand corner of the card. As experts, students read expository text and highlight useful information. The students then regroup, teach each other what they learned, and begin to fill out the group process grid. Teacher puts up the large comparison chart on butcher paper.