Cards and Questions

Type of strategy: MovementOpeners & Get to Know You
Intended Audience: StudentsTeachers
Learning styles: EN: Extraversion and IntuitionES: Extraversion and Sensing
Using a deck of playing cards, participants will mix and re-mix in pairs to get to know each other better and get ready to learn.
Directions:
Time: approximately 30 minutes
Minimum Group: 10 participants
Materials: Colossal-sized playing cards, online timer, Slides with questions.
Steps:
- Develop a list of 4 to 6 questions.
- Questions should begin with getting to know you items and progress to activating prior knowledge related to the topic of the workshop or lesson.
- Determine the order of combinations (find same suite, find opposite suite, find face card, find card with same number, etc). Shuffle a deck of playing cards.
- Distribute cards to each participant.
- Proceed through the list of questions, giving 2-5 minutes for each participant to respond to the question prompt.
- Collect cards after the last question turn has been taken.
Submitted by: colet