Collaborative learning activities such as jigsaw activities and think, pair, shares are helpful for students to better understand material. In a jigsaw activity students will boost their self confidence when they become the "expert" when they are with their groups discussing their section or topic. When students share their answers with other groups or teach other groups about their section they start to build self confidence because other students are turning to ask them questions and students get the opportunity to act as student and teacher.
Think, Pair, Shares are great for students because they get to think independently about their answer and then get to pair up with other students and share how they feel about a specific topic which helps students see other opinions and other answers or thoughts about the topic which they didn't originally see.
These and many other activities help students collaborate with each other as well as learn collaboratively. This supports literacy in the classroom because students will be able to think outside the box and be able to see other opinions which broadens their horizons and allows them to become even more literate.
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