Students will have fun while learning how to cooperate and communicate.

Use these four activities to get your upper elementary students listening and speaking to each other! Games, making words, qr code activities, and task cards will help your students learn the content while honing their ELA skills, team-building, and fostering a classroom community! Perfect for paired students or at a center, these collaborative activities will get your third, fourth, and fifth grade students collaborating and getting to know each other and the content at the same time!

Teamwork in STEM- Article featuring three STEM Challenges, posters, team-building activities, job badges, helpful tips, and more! 6 Ways to Focus on Teamwork

Teamwork and collaboration! These are important parts of raising a 21st-century learner in the classroom, yet many students do not entirely understand what this it. I stress the importance of teamwork and collaboration throughout the year, but I take time in the beginning of the year to help students truly understand what it means. Throwing […]

Engage student in cooperative learning activities by solving hands-on problems. These cooperative learning activities are fun, unique puzzles that give students an opportunity to learn to work together. Use them as a classroom community building tool throughout the school year. #cooperativelearning

Looking for lesson plans and strategies for building a strong classroom community in your elementary classroom? These activities and suggested books are perfect for your students during the first week of school and all year long, too! Use these ideas and free printables during your morning meeting or any time as ice breakers and strategies to help build your class community in fun and engaging ways! Click to learn more!

If you are looking for some collaboration ideas and strategies that are fun and easy to implement, then these five strategies are for you! Click to read how to use them in your middle school class and for a free download!

These 5 no-prep strategies for grades 3-12 can turn just about any rote practice worksheet into a collaborative critical-thinking activity.