Active learning oriented teaching understands the choice and appliance of teaching methods and strategies adapted to pupils' abilities and interests. Modern cooperative strategies of teaching and learning need to be implemented in the teaching process in order to realise the learning goals. Active learning develops pupils' communication and social skills by applying cooperative strategies. It also affects the cognition of new contents. Cooperative and active learning of pupils understands quality preparation of teacher with planning of different cooperative strategies and methods of work, application of digital technology in order to motivate pupils to explore and learn on their own. The examples of good teaching practice with thematic teaching by active learning are presented in this work by documenting the educational work with accent on observation and taking notes of the teaching activities that included active cooperative learning of pupils in fourth grade, elementary school. Reflecting the thematic activities which were carried out the conclusion is that active learning is usually followed by problem-solving strategies, team work, project work, interactive learning strategies, together with dialogue, reading, work on the text, content analysis, demonstration, writing, oral presentation, drawing, matching, observing and concluding, teaching by discovering and problem-based learning.