StructuredProblemSolvingFind steps in a particularproblem and separate thestudents into groups. Whileshowing steps on how tosolve the problem, give thegroups another example ofa problem from the sametopic and have them solveit. Make them explain theiranswer andTwoTruthsand a LieCan be used as anicebreaker for personaltopics or lecture topics.Students will come upwith 3 phrases, 2 that aretrue and one that isincorrect. Other studentswill guess which is trueand which is a lie.LearningCellsStudents will develop a listof questions and answersover the material and formpairs. Student A will ask thefirst and student Banswers, then they willalternate for the nextquestion. Continue until allquestions are completed.HierarchiesOrganizesinformation intodifferent levelsfor students tovisual systembreakdown.Identifythe BigIdeaAsk each student todescribe what they thinkthe most importantconcept/idea/inofrmationlearned in the sessionwas (or lecture).GrabBagWrite downterms/concepts onslips of paper and putthem into a bowl orbasket of sorts.Studetns will pull outthe paper and try todescribe the item listedon the paper.ConceptMappingStudents get into a smallgroups and all are givena central word to go offof. Each group will comeup and provideinformation/facts aboutthe central topic to createa web.End withadiscussion.IncompleteOutlineCreate a list oflecture notes withmissing pieces.Students will usetheir notes to fillin the blanks.MemoryPrepare 12-24 notecardswith half being just thevocab terms and theother half correspondingdefinitions. Studnets willbe allow to turn only 2 ata time to try and matchup the term with thedefinition.AssesstheSessionGet feedback from yourstudents on how the sessionwent. Were all of theirquestions answered? Did theyfeel comfortable during thesession? Were there aspectsof thesession that could have beenimproved or done differently?What suggestions wouldNoteReviewStudents pair up togetherand pull out their personalnotes over a topic. Theywill share and comparenotes with each other tosee how each other coverstopics. A discussion can behad after to discuss bestway to take ntoes for thetopic.AssignedDiscssionLeaderWhere one person inthe session presentsa topic and leads thediscussion for thegroup. Ensure thisperson is not thesame from session tosession.3:2:1Have each studentcome up with 3 topicsthey know enough toteach, 2 topics theydon't understand yet,and one possible testquestion.PairedProblemSolvingMakes students verbalizewhat they are thinkingabout as they read apassage/solve a problem.Assign a student to be athinker/problem solver andthe other a listener. Thethinker is speaking out theirwhole process while thelistener tries to unInformalQuizCreate a test with 5-7questions and readthem aloud. Studentswill answer firstindivudally, then adebreifing sessionwill be had to discussthe answers.3BeforeMeWhen a studentasks a question,have 3 studentsgive unique piecesof information overthe questionbefore responding.TimelineVisual representation ofthe material for students.Starts with a horizontalline and have studentsstart to fill it in withimportant events. Shouldhave a date, descriptionof event, and personinvolved.JigsawLike divide and conquer,but makes the studentsdependent on the answersof the other groups. Divideinto groups and each groupwill have an 'expert' wholearns enough that can goand teach the other groupsthe topic.Summarizingthe StepsReviews the process oflearning a topic thatwas just covered.Makes sure thestudents understandhow the answer wasobtained, not just wasthe answer correct.VerbalVolleyballAn item (preferablly aball) is brought to thesession. Whoever theitem is tossed closestto/caught by will providea fact/term said in lectureor the session. This willcontinue until all thingsare covered.1stLineOnlyGive a problem withthe first step of theproblem completed.Give the students aspecific set of timeto solve theproblem.VisualsCreate visual aidsto help studentsgrasp the content.Make sure todescribe what thevisuals will appearlike with planning.DoubleTimelineHelps see a generaltimeline of twoimportant events goingon at the same timegenerally. Present thefirst timeline and thenhave the students fill inthe other below.NoteCardsCan be used for vocab,formulas, concepts,questions, and more.Give the students astack of index cardsand ahve themconstrruct the cardsduring the session.Summarizethe LectureAs a group, go overthe past lecturefrom the previousclass. Try to askthem to talk about itwithout looking attheir notes.Think,Pair,ShareStudents will be givena problem/concept andencouraged to thinkabout it alone. Thenthey will pair up withanother student to talkabout it before sharinggroup-wide.PredictNextLectureTopicHelps prepare studentsfor new material. Havethe students thinkabout what the nextlecture would be aboutand makeconnenctions betweenthe current lecture andnext one.AroundtheWorldStudent makes up anumber of simple questionswith simple answers. Twostudents stand up next toeach other and ask themquestion. The first one toanswer the question gets tostill stand while the othersits down. The goal is to tryand out-answOutlineTextChapterHave students work ingroups of 2-4 andmake an outline usingthe headings from achapter from thetextbook. They willthen determineimportant 'points' to putunder each heading.CornellNoteTakingHave the students makeseveral sheets of paperusing the followingdirections: "Create a recallcolumn by drawing avertical line down the pageabout 1” from the margin.Create a summary area bydrawing a horizontal lineacross thepage about 1” fDivideandConquerSeparate students intogroups and assign eacha section of information.They will read,summarize, and thencover the information tothe group. Encouragethem to emphasize areasthat are overlooked.Send aProblemPut the students in pairs orwork individually. Make alist of problems and assigneach student/pair aproblem and tell them tosolve only the first step.Then they will send theirproblem to the next groupand then will solve step 2.This continAffinityGroupingEach student createsideas over a specificconcept and writeseach item on a stickynote. Then in smallergroups, sort andorganize the sticynotes to createthemes.MatriciesA framework is createdto connect lecturetopics from across thesemester with eachother. Students will beresponsible forcompleting the matrix.ReciprocalQuestioningPrepate 10-12 questionsover important lecturetopics. Ask the students toread over the specifictopics that will be coveredin the questions so theyundestand it. Then allowthem to ask you questions(predicted testquestions).You will thenshOneMinutePaperAsk students to pull outa sheet of paper beforegiving them a topic tothink about. Thestudents will have oneminute to write downall they know about thetopic without notes.MarkingtheTextbookWorking in pairs, studnetswill write down theguidelines on how theycurrently use theirtextbook. They can ask"Why read the chapter?What are your goals forreading the chapter? Whymark the text? What do youdo with your markings?"Make/Takea PracticeQuizDivide students intogroups and then askeach group to create apractice quiz for theother groups. Thereshould be an questionsheet and separateanswer sheet.PostExamSurveySelf-test for students to seehow successfully theystudied for an exam. Asurvey is created withpoints adding up to 100.The students scorethemselvesand thencompare their exam scoreto the survey score.PeerLessonsSelect severalproblems over thematerial and dividethe students into 4-5groups. Give eachfroup a probelm andhave them come upwith the solution.ClustersCreate smaller groupsand assign discussiontopics to each group tocover. Studnets canchoose what groupthey want to be in butput a max how manystudents per group.Turn toaPartnerStudents will work with apartner tocomplete/cover anassignment or discussiontopic. Make surestudents have enoughbackground coverage ofthe information toeffectively talk.PredictTestQuestionsPut students in groupsof 2-3 and assign themto write a test questionover a specific topic.Ask students to writetheir ideas on thebaord and then answertogether.TabooCreate notecards withone main term withadditional relatedwords. One person inthe session attempt toexplain the termwithout saying thename or related wordsprovided on the card.VocabDevelopmentMake a list of keyterms from lecturescrambled together.Have the studentswork together togroup the terms intomeaningful groupsand discuss why.VennDiagramAllows students tocompare thesimilarities anddifferencies betweentwo concepts,systems, or theorieswith two overlappingcircles.JeopardyHave 30-35 well preparedquestions sorted into 5-6different categories. Havethe students form smallgroups and each group willtry to answer eachquestion. If a question ismisssed, another grouphas the opportunity tosteal.KWLHelps students find outwhat prior knowledgeis known and link itwith information thatneeds to be covered.Make 3 columns, onewith what I know, wantto know, and what Ilearned.GroupSurveyEach person inthe session isasked about theiropinion on aissue, problem,or topic.StructuredProblemSolvingFind steps in a particularproblem and separate thestudents into groups. Whileshowing steps on how tosolve the problem, give thegroups another example ofa problem from the sametopic and have them solveit. Make them explain theiranswer andTwoTruthsand a LieCan be used as anicebreaker for personaltopics or lecture topics.Students will come upwith 3 phrases, 2 that aretrue and one that isincorrect. Other studentswill guess which is trueand which is a lie.LearningCellsStudents will develop a listof questions and answersover the material and formpairs. Student A will ask thefirst and student Banswers, then they willalternate for the nextquestion. Continue until allquestions are completed.HierarchiesOrganizesinformation intodifferent levelsfor students tovisual systembreakdown.Identifythe BigIdeaAsk each student todescribe what they thinkthe most importantconcept/idea/inofrmationlearned in the sessionwas (or lecture).GrabBagWrite downterms/concepts onslips of paper and putthem into a bowl orbasket of sorts.Studetns will pull outthe paper and try todescribe the item listedon the paper.ConceptMappingStudents get into a smallgroups and all are givena central word to go offof. Each group will comeup and provideinformation/facts aboutthe central topic to createa web.End withadiscussion.IncompleteOutlineCreate a list oflecture notes withmissing pieces.Students will usetheir notes to fillin the blanks.MemoryPrepare 12-24 notecardswith half being just thevocab terms and theother half correspondingdefinitions. Studnets willbe allow to turn only 2 ata time to try and matchup the term with thedefinition.AssesstheSessionGet feedback from yourstudents on how the sessionwent. Were all of theirquestions answered? Did theyfeel comfortable during thesession? Were there aspectsof thesession that could have beenimproved or done differently?What suggestions wouldNoteReviewStudents pair up togetherand pull out their personalnotes over a topic. Theywill share and comparenotes with each other tosee how each other coverstopics. A discussion can behad after to discuss bestway to take ntoes for thetopic.AssignedDiscssionLeaderWhere one person inthe session presentsa topic and leads thediscussion for thegroup. Ensure thisperson is not thesame from session tosession.3:2:1Have each studentcome up with 3 topicsthey know enough toteach, 2 topics theydon't understand yet,and one possible testquestion.PairedProblemSolvingMakes students verbalizewhat they are thinkingabout as they read apassage/solve a problem.Assign a student to be athinker/problem solver andthe other a listener. Thethinker is speaking out theirwhole process while thelistener tries to unInformalQuizCreate a test with 5-7questions and readthem aloud. Studentswill answer firstindivudally, then adebreifing sessionwill be had to discussthe answers.3BeforeMeWhen a studentasks a question,have 3 studentsgive unique piecesof information overthe questionbefore responding.TimelineVisual representation ofthe material for students.Starts with a horizontalline and have studentsstart to fill it in withimportant events. Shouldhave a date, descriptionof event, and personinvolved.JigsawLike divide and conquer,but makes the studentsdependent on the answersof the other groups. Divideinto groups and each groupwill have an 'expert' wholearns enough that can goand teach the other groupsthe topic.Summarizingthe StepsReviews the process oflearning a topic thatwas just covered.Makes sure thestudents understandhow the answer wasobtained, not just wasthe answer correct.VerbalVolleyballAn item (preferablly aball) is brought to thesession. Whoever theitem is tossed closestto/caught by will providea fact/term said in lectureor the session. This willcontinue until all thingsare covered.1stLineOnlyGive a problem withthe first step of theproblem completed.Give the students aspecific set of timeto solve theproblem.VisualsCreate visual aidsto help studentsgrasp the content.Make sure todescribe what thevisuals will appearlike with planning.DoubleTimelineHelps see a generaltimeline of twoimportant events goingon at the same timegenerally. Present thefirst timeline and thenhave the students fill inthe other below.NoteCardsCan be used for vocab,formulas, concepts,questions, and more.Give the students astack of index cardsand ahve themconstrruct the cardsduring the session.Summarizethe LectureAs a group, go overthe past lecturefrom the previousclass. Try to askthem to talk about itwithout looking attheir notes.Think,Pair,ShareStudents will be givena problem/concept andencouraged to thinkabout it alone. Thenthey will pair up withanother student to talkabout it before sharinggroup-wide.PredictNextLectureTopicHelps prepare studentsfor new material. Havethe students thinkabout what the nextlecture would be aboutand makeconnenctions betweenthe current lecture andnext one.AroundtheWorldStudent makes up anumber of simple questionswith simple answers. Twostudents stand up next toeach other and ask themquestion. The first one toanswer the question gets tostill stand while the othersits down. The goal is to tryand out-answOutlineTextChapterHave students work ingroups of 2-4 andmake an outline usingthe headings from achapter from thetextbook. They willthen determineimportant 'points' to putunder each heading.CornellNoteTakingHave the students makeseveral sheets of paperusing the followingdirections: "Create a recallcolumn by drawing avertical line down the pageabout 1” from the margin.Create a summary area bydrawing a horizontal lineacross thepage about 1” fDivideandConquerSeparate students intogroups and assign eacha section of information.They will read,summarize, and thencover the information tothe group. Encouragethem to emphasize areasthat are overlooked.Send aProblemPut the students in pairs orwork individually. Make alist of problems and assigneach student/pair aproblem and tell them tosolve only the first step.Then they will send theirproblem to the next groupand then will solve step 2.This continAffinityGroupingEach student createsideas over a specificconcept and writeseach item on a stickynote. Then in smallergroups, sort andorganize the sticynotes to createthemes.MatriciesA framework is createdto connect lecturetopics from across thesemester with eachother. Students will beresponsible forcompleting the matrix.ReciprocalQuestioningPrepate 10-12 questionsover important lecturetopics. Ask the students toread over the specifictopics that will be coveredin the questions so theyundestand it. Then allowthem to ask you questions(predicted testquestions).You will thenshOneMinutePaperAsk students to pull outa sheet of paper beforegiving them a topic tothink about. Thestudents will have oneminute to write downall they know about thetopic without notes.MarkingtheTextbookWorking in pairs, studnetswill write down theguidelines on how theycurrently use theirtextbook. They can ask"Why read the chapter?What are your goals forreading the chapter? Whymark the text? What do youdo with your markings?"Make/Takea PracticeQuizDivide students intogroups and then askeach group to create apractice quiz for theother groups. Thereshould be an questionsheet and separateanswer sheet.PostExamSurveySelf-test for students to seehow successfully theystudied for an exam. Asurvey is created withpoints adding up to 100.The students scorethemselvesand thencompare their exam scoreto the survey score.PeerLessonsSelect severalproblems over thematerial and dividethe students into 4-5groups. Give eachfroup a probelm andhave them come upwith the solution.ClustersCreate smaller groupsand assign discussiontopics to each group tocover. Studnets canchoose what groupthey want to be in butput a max how manystudents per group.Turn toaPartnerStudents will work with apartner tocomplete/cover anassignment or discussiontopic. Make surestudents have enoughbackground coverage ofthe information toeffectively talk.PredictTestQuestionsPut students in groupsof 2-3 and assign themto write a test questionover a specific topic.Ask students to writetheir ideas on thebaord and then answertogether.TabooCreate notecards withone main term withadditional relatedwords. One person inthe session attempt toexplain the termwithout saying thename or related wordsprovided on the card.VocabDevelopmentMake a list of keyterms from lecturescrambled together.Have the studentswork together togroup the terms intomeaningful groupsand discuss why.VennDiagramAllows students tocompare thesimilarities anddifferencies betweentwo concepts,systems, or theorieswith two overlappingcircles.JeopardyHave 30-35 well preparedquestions sorted into 5-6different categories. Havethe students form smallgroups and each group willtry to answer eachquestion. If a question ismisssed, another grouphas the opportunity tosteal.KWLHelps students find outwhat prior knowledgeis known and link itwith information thatneeds to be covered.Make 3 columns, onewith what I know, wantto know, and what Ilearned.GroupSurveyEach person inthe session isasked about theiropinion on aissue, problem,or topic.

SI Strategy Bingo! - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Find steps in a particular problem and separate the students into groups. While showing steps on how to solve the problem, give the groups another example of a problem from the same topic and have them solve it. Make them explain their answer and
    Structured Problem Solving
  2. Can be used as an icebreaker for personal topics or lecture topics. Students will come up with 3 phrases, 2 that are true and one that is incorrect. Other students will guess which is true and which is a lie.
    Two Truths and a Lie
  3. Students will develop a list of questions and answers over the material and form pairs. Student A will ask the first and student B answers, then they will alternate for the next question. Continue until all questions are completed.
    Learning Cells
  4. Organizes information into different levels for students to visual system breakdown.
    Hierarchies
  5. Ask each student to describe what they think the most important concept/idea/inofrmation learned in the session was (or lecture).
    Identify the Big Idea
  6. Write down terms/concepts on slips of paper and put them into a bowl or basket of sorts. Studetns will pull out the paper and try to describe the item listed on the paper.
    Grab Bag
  7. Students get into a small groups and all are given a central word to go off of. Each group will come up and provide information/facts about the central topic to create a web.End witha discussion.
    Concept Mapping
  8. Create a list of lecture notes with missing pieces. Students will use their notes to fill in the blanks.
    Incomplete Outline
  9. Prepare 12-24 notecards with half being just the vocab terms and the other half corresponding definitions. Studnets will be allow to turn only 2 at a time to try and match up the term with the definition.
    Memory
  10. Get feedback from your students on how the session went. Were all of their questions answered? Did they feel comfortable during the session? Were there aspects of the session that could have been improved or done differently? What suggestions would
    Assess the Session
  11. Students pair up together and pull out their personal notes over a topic. They will share and compare notes with each other to see how each other covers topics. A discussion can be had after to discuss best way to take ntoes for the topic.
    Note Review
  12. Where one person in the session presents a topic and leads the discussion for the group. Ensure this person is not the same from session to session.
    Assigned Discssion Leader
  13. Have each student come up with 3 topics they know enough to teach, 2 topics they don't understand yet, and one possible test question.
    3:2:1
  14. Makes students verbalize what they are thinking about as they read a passage/solve a problem. Assign a student to be a thinker/problem solver and the other a listener. The thinker is speaking out their whole process while the listener tries to un
    Paired Problem Solving
  15. Create a test with 5-7 questions and read them aloud. Students will answer first indivudally, then a debreifing session will be had to discuss the answers.
    Informal Quiz
  16. When a student asks a question, have 3 students give unique pieces of information over the question before responding.
    3 Before Me
  17. Visual representation of the material for students. Starts with a horizontal line and have students start to fill it in with important events. Should have a date, description of event, and person involved.
    Timeline
  18. Like divide and conquer, but makes the students dependent on the answers of the other groups. Divide into groups and each group will have an 'expert' who learns enough that can go and teach the other groups the topic.
    Jigsaw
  19. Reviews the process of learning a topic that was just covered. Makes sure the students understand how the answer was obtained, not just was the answer correct.
    Summarizing the Steps
  20. An item (preferablly a ball) is brought to the session. Whoever the item is tossed closest to/caught by will provide a fact/term said in lecture or the session. This will continue until all things are covered.
    Verbal Volleyball
  21. Give a problem with the first step of the problem completed. Give the students a specific set of time to solve the problem.
    1st Line Only
  22. Create visual aids to help students grasp the content. Make sure to describe what the visuals will appear like with planning.
    Visuals
  23. Helps see a general timeline of two important events going on at the same time generally. Present the first timeline and then have the students fill in the other below.
    Double Timeline
  24. Can be used for vocab, formulas, concepts, questions, and more. Give the students a stack of index cards and ahve them constrruct the cards during the session.
    Note Cards
  25. As a group, go over the past lecture from the previous class. Try to ask them to talk about it without looking at their notes.
    Summarize the Lecture
  26. Students will be given a problem/concept and encouraged to think about it alone. Then they will pair up with another student to talk about it before sharing group-wide.
    Think, Pair, Share
  27. Helps prepare students for new material. Have the students think about what the next lecture would be about and make connenctions between the current lecture and next one.
    Predict Next Lecture Topic
  28. Student makes up a number of simple questions with simple answers. Two students stand up next to each other and ask them question. The first one to answer the question gets to still stand while the other sits down. The goal is to try and out-answ
    Around the World
  29. Have students work in groups of 2-4 and make an outline using the headings from a chapter from the textbook. They will then determine important 'points' to put under each heading.
    Outline Text Chapter
  30. Have the students make several sheets of paper using the following directions: "Create a recall column by drawing a vertical line down the page about 1” from the margin. Create a summary area by drawing a horizontal line across the page about 1” f
    Cornell Note Taking
  31. Separate students into groups and assign each a section of information. They will read, summarize, and then cover the information to the group. Encourage them to emphasize areas that are overlooked.
    Divide and Conquer
  32. Put the students in pairs or work individually. Make a list of problems and assign each student/pair a problem and tell them to solve only the first step. Then they will send their problem to the next group and then will solve step 2. This contin
    Send a Problem
  33. Each student creates ideas over a specific concept and writes each item on a sticky note. Then in smaller groups, sort and organize the sticy notes to create themes.
    Affinity Grouping
  34. A framework is created to connect lecture topics from across the semester with each other. Students will be responsible for completing the matrix.
    Matricies
  35. Prepate 10-12 questions over important lecture topics. Ask the students to read over the specific topics that will be covered in the questions so they undestand it. Then allow them to ask you questions (predicted test questions).You will then sh
    Reciprocal Questioning
  36. Ask students to pull out a sheet of paper before giving them a topic to think about. The students will have one minute to write down all they know about the topic without notes.
    One Minute Paper
  37. Working in pairs, studnets will write down the guidelines on how they currently use their textbook. They can ask "Why read the chapter? What are your goals for reading the chapter? Why mark the text? What do you do with your markings?"
    Marking the Textbook
  38. Divide students into groups and then ask each group to create a practice quiz for the other groups. There should be an question sheet and separate answer sheet.
    Make/Take a Practice Quiz
  39. Self-test for students to see how successfully they studied for an exam. A survey is created with points adding up to 100. The students score themselvesand then compare their exam score to the survey score.
    Post Exam Survey
  40. Select several problems over the material and divide the students into 4-5 groups. Give each froup a probelm and have them come up with the solution.
    Peer Lessons
  41. Create smaller groups and assign discussion topics to each group to cover. Studnets can choose what group they want to be in but put a max how many students per group.
    Clusters
  42. Students will work with a partner to complete/cover an assignment or discussion topic. Make sure students have enough background coverage of the information to effectively talk.
    Turn to a Partner
  43. Put students in groups of 2-3 and assign them to write a test question over a specific topic. Ask students to write their ideas on the baord and then answer together.
    Predict Test Questions
  44. Create notecards with one main term with additional related words. One person in the session attempt to explain the term without saying the name or related words provided on the card.
    Taboo
  45. Make a list of key terms from lecture scrambled together. Have the students work together to group the terms into meaningful groups and discuss why.
    Vocab Development
  46. Allows students to compare the similarities and differencies between two concepts, systems, or theories with two overlapping circles.
    Venn Diagram
  47. Have 30-35 well prepared questions sorted into 5-6 different categories. Have the students form small groups and each group will try to answer each question. If a question is misssed, another group has the opportunity to steal.
    Jeopardy
  48. Helps students find out what prior knowledge is known and link it with information that needs to be covered. Make 3 columns, one with what I know, want to know, and what I learned.
    KWL
  49. Each person in the session is asked about their opinion on a issue, problem, or topic.
    Group Survey