Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- eResources -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Purpose -- A Warning -- The Block Schedule -- Some Possible Reader Responses -- 1 The First Day -- The First Day -- Nonverbal Cues -- Educational Interrupters -- 2 First Weeks -- Pairs Rehearsal -- Collaborative Pairs -- Warnings -- Final Teams -- One Way to Form a Power-Balanced Team -- 3 Team Building/Class Building -- Team Building/Class Building -- Reflection on Collaboration -- Sometimes Kids Don't Listen -- Celebration -- Team Names -- Team Names for Grades K, 1 and Some 2 -- Building Caring Relationships -- 4 Collaborative Worksheets -- Collaborative Worksheets -- Interactive Worksheet: "RDC" or "1-2-4"--Individual Accountability -- 5 Collaborative Review/Tests -- Collaborative Review -- Pairs Check With a Switch -- Some Suggestions -- A Creative Signal -- High Stakes Exams -- 1-4 Team Competition Quiz/Review -- Quiz Seats -- Stir Seats -- Team Rewards -- 6 Interactive Lecture -- Interactive Lecture -- Think/Pair/Square/Share -- Introduction of Think, Pair, Square, Share -- Be Creative with Interactive Lecture -- Team Feedback -- Circle of Knowledge -- 7 Key Ideas -- Key Ideas -- Educational Interrupters -- Pairs Ask Quickly (Ask your partner FIRST) -- Going Beyond the Curriculum -- The Baseline for the Class -- Teaching to Learn -- Player/Coach -- Student Enforcers -- New Schedules Motivate Teachers to Create and Improve -- 8 Student Feedback/Advice -- What Students Say About Cooperative Learning -- Advice -- Try One Idea That You Believe In -- Make Changes Gradually -- Five Components of Cooperation -- Peer Coaching -- 9 Carolina Pairs/Carolina Teams -- Carolina Pairs and Teams -- Using Carolina Pairs and Teams -- Carolina Groups or Teams -- Selection of Pairs and Teams