Carousel Brainstorming with the Literacy Adviser during the co-teaching history lesson

This post deals with the Carousel Brainstorming Tecnique, also known as Rotating Review. Carousel Brainstorming provides scaffolding for new information to be learnt or existing information to be reviewed through movement, conversation, and reflection. According to "Project Criss", Carousel Brainstorming is a cooperative learning activity that can be used both to discover and discuss background knowledge prior to studying a new topic, as well as for review of content already learned.  This technique allows for small group discussion, followed by whole-class reflection.

While taking part in Carousel Brainstorming, small groups of students rotate around the classroom, stopping at various “stations” for a designated period of time (usually 1-2 minutes).  At each station, students activate their prior knowledge of a topic or concept and share their ideas with their small group.  Each group posts their ideas at each station for all groups to read.