I teach high school science. Sometimes I would rather have students randomly assigned to partners, rather than choose their own pairings. I made these tokens from some extra draftboard – Numbers 1-8 on one side for groups of two and vowels A, E, I, O, U, and Y on the other side for groups of three. Students choose tokens from a hat, and then learn if I want them to find their number partner or their letter group.
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Great idea!
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I really like that! So much better than drawing straws.
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I approve of the random pairing! Too many times cliques NEVER work with “outsiders” and it just reinforces the isolation of different groups.
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Clever!
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What’s the best way to contact your students? They sound like potential customers for a set of counterfeit tokens.
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