Idea Carousel

Overview:

Post topics and chart paper around the room (one topic per paper). Ask students to go to a topic that interests them most, and write down knowledge, questions, or concerns about the topic. Students rotate to and repeat this process.

During this routine, learners...

Learn how to build on the ideas of peers while developing independent knowledge.

During this routine, teachers...

Build a collaborative classroom environment.

Helpful Handouts:

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Image Citation

Highsmith, C. M., photographer. Menagerie of carousel animals, Burlington, North Carolina. United States Burlington North Carolina, None. [Between 1980 and 2006] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2011630798/.