Never start with the phrase, "Let's take a look at your mistakes" when reviewing an assessment to start a small group. I repeat, never start with a phrase like that. Who on earth would want to sit in a small group and immediately dive into all they did wrong?
I cringe.
Use the collective knowledge of your students to discover the correct responses, methods, procedures to solving a problem or answering a tough question.
Try this:
"Let's go through each question. Some you answered correctly or partly correctly, while others were answered incorrectly. Let's use what we know and have learned as a group to clear up any misconceptions."
-Call on students who answered a question correctly to explain their thinking. Call on other students who answered partially correctly to explain their thinking. Start with what THEY know. Start where THEY are. Use what THEY know to move them forward in their self-discovery and learning.
Thank you.
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