Venn Diagrams

During a recent story that featured some of the natural wonders of the world, Mrs. Head challenged the third grade students to put their knowledge of Venn Diagrams to use.  Students were put in three person peer groups and they were assigned a page from the story.  Groups were then given Venn Diagrams to complete after reading their assigned pages.  They had to find similarities and differences in their information to record on their diagrams.  Once these were completed, the students presented their findings to the whole class.  It was challenging for some of them to step into the teacher role, but they all found success.