Jigsaw Reading Materials. Jigsaw is a cooperative learning strategy that enables each student of a home group to specialize in one aspect of a topic for example one group studies habitats of rainforest animals another group studies predators of rainforest animals. Jigsaw ii is an alternative strategy developed by robert slavin 1990.
A simple jigsaw step by step. This sample has been designed for a class of nine english language learners. The process is as described above with the exception that students in jigsaw groups read the entire assignment or all of the materials to acquire the information.
Asking students to work together in a jigsaw builds comprehension encourages cooperation and improves communication and problem solving skills.
A simple jigsaw step by step. Newspaper or magazine websites are good sources to get articles from. Group members then take an individual test on the material the results of which contribute to a team score. Jigsaw reading is a great way to introduce speaking into a reading lesson.