How to Pair Students

Partnering students has many benefits.  Not only do students get to interact and work with others, but working in cooperative groups also:

• Increases classroom engagement
• If in pairs, 50% of your class will be responding to a given question or prompt, while the other 50% are actively listening to their partner.  That is 100% engagement. Whoop Whoop!
• Small groups will give less engagement than partner work, but will still provide higher participation compared to using a whole class structure.
• Provides opportunities for students to practice speaking and listening standards
• Creates opportunities for relationship building
• Allows students to get a brain break as they locate their partner

If you are looking for a quick and low prep way to group students check out Student Pairing: 30 ways to Partner Students.  This pack has over thirty unique ways to pair and group your students, including clock pairs, color buddies, odd/even numbers, colors, etc.  This will make sure you never will have to say "Pick a partner," again!

You can also check out my previous blog post in which provided four ways to quickly group your students with zero resources and no prep!  Click  here or the image below to take you to previous blog post : Four Ways to Pair Students.

Additionally click the image below to download the **freebie**  App Friends from my TPT store!