Suggested use, and practical subject-related examples

This method can be incorporated into any subject. For children aged 6–10, instead of reading, we use pictures, objects, or short texts in capital letters Science: Students create a simple map showing what plants need to grow (sun, water, soil) or the steps of the water cycle using drawings and arrows.

  • Reading (Literacy): We divide a story into 4 parts (Beginning, Complication, Turning Point, Conclusion) (for younger children, this can also be 4 pictures). The expert groups understand their own part. In the mosaic group, everyone must tell their own part so that the story comes together, and then they must work together to arrange the pieces of the story into a coherent whole.
  • Environmental study: Topic: Parts of a plant. The 4 expert groups: Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower. They learn the function of their part. In the mosaic group, they must reassemble the plant, and everyone explains what their part does to help the plant survive.
  • Vocabulary building (Foreign language or native language vocabulary): The group receives 4 new words. Each expert group gets one word; they must learn its pronunciation and meaning and come up with a sentence to illustrate it. In the mosaic group, they teach the word and the gesture to their peers and form a meaningful text from the sentences. The sentences can be modified in the mosaic group.
  • Grammar: Topic: Punctuation at the end of sentences. The 4 experts: Period (statement), Question mark (question), Exclamation mark (exclamation, wish). The experts come up with 2 example sentences each. In the home group, they receive a text without punctuation marks, and the experts must tell them where their mark goes.