Numbered+Heads

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 * Numbered Heads Together **
 * Why Are SDAIE Lessons and Strategies Important? **
 * SDAIE Strategies help students overcome language barriers to still learn the content of a lesson. SDAIE strategies make the classroom input comprehensible to the students. **


 * What is Numbered Heads Together? **
 * Numbered Heads together is a cooperative group strategy that focuses on collaboration and discussion, which promotes both individual and group accountability. It is a very flexible activity that can be used for many different kinds of lessons and with many different ages. This is a really helpful activity because it allows the students to practice, rehearse, and discuss the content after receiving direct instruction in previous days from the teacher. **


 * What’s the Process? **
 * 1. **** Divide the classroom into 4-5 groups of 4 students (Table Groups are great for this). **
 * 2. **** Number the students from 1-4 within each group. **
 * 3. **** Ask the students a broad question that will make them think about the content, and tell the students to “Put your heads together” to discuss the answer amongst their group members for 30 seconds to 1 minute. **
 * 4. **** Draw a number between 1 and 4 at random. (This number represents the student number) **
 * 5. **** Give 10 more seconds for each group to make sure the student chosen knows the answer. **
 * 6. **** Draw a second number between 1 and however many groups you have. This number is the group number. **
 * 7. **** Chosen student at chosen group answers the question. **
 * 8. **** After, other students with the same number can elaborate on the answer. **
 * 9. ****  Repeat all with new question.  **