Warm Up: Give One to Get One

This warm up is useful for activating prior knowledge and setting an expectation for active involvement. I used this strategy at the first full faculty meeting in August.

 

Give One to Get One

1.On a 4x6 card, write what you believe to be the primary purpose of curriculum mapping.

2.Stand up, move out, make eye contact with a person you don’t know well.

3.Share your belief and listen carefully to his/hers; ask clarifying or probing questions

4.Exchange cards; share your partner’s belief with a new partner. (repeat)

5.Form a group of 3 or 4 with those who have the same color index card and share what you learned from your partners. Look for patterns.