Expert Jigsaw Round 1

So yesterday and today I set up an expert jigsaw for the students to do. Oh man, was this painful. And this is a technique I have used countless times in the past. So the only class that was able to do it well was period 2, and period 8 was able to do it at a satisfactory rate. The rest of the classes were just a no-go on the reading. I think that I need to start next week off strong with another activity. I am thinking of doing the food chain one. That will really play into the NGSS. Then after that I will give the first mini assessment, the one that I saw in the science scope from last week's article reading session. So  next we are going to go over native species again, and then go into endangered species. I really need to plan better.