Organizing Groups From Carolyn Behrens, a family and consumer education teacher at Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Wisconsin: ìMy students participate in many small groups throughout the semester. To learn to work in groups made up of different personalities, intellects, philosophies and learning styles, I divide the groups using a variety of ways:1. Students give birthdays. I write these on the board and then put closest birthdays together. I also do this with last four digits of phone number, house number, parents anniversary.2. What did you eat for dinner last night or breakfast this morning? Beef people form a group, pizza people form a group, etc.3.What color is your family car? Like colors work together.4. What color is your bedroom, bathroom, house, coat? Like colors work together.5. What career would you like to have? Like fields work together.