Job Roles

During out global read aloud we had arranged to skype our school in America. Each class needed to present (in groups) to the other school what they thought the message of the Wild Robot was.

So this seemed an ideal time to discuss beforehand how best they were going to achieve success in working as a group. We talked about having different roles, so not only did they need to work as a group, but that they were also responsible for their individual role.

The children decided that they would need:

This worked really well for most of the lesson. Each person in the group had a role and everyone seemed to be engaged and on task throughout. More of this type of 'job roles' is needed.