Gingerbread RETURNS…
Resources: Use the blank template of a gingerbread man to assess your student’s learning during the lesson or at the end of the lesson. How it works: Three key pieces […]
Onion
Resources:The Onion Poster- Click Here It can be printed and placed in books, or on classroom walls, or in student planners. Or everywhere! Idea adapted from Fulhams Girls School What to […]
Questioning Approaches
Resources:Table Below:Reference to NSEAD.ORG Strategy/approach Process Gains and benefits Thinking Time: Consciously waiting for a pupil or class to think through an answer (before you break the silence) e.g 15-30secs Provide […]
Quotation Hunt
Resources: Post its/Stickers Felt tip pens Preparation: Take key quotations and key words from a text and write either half the quote, or half the word on to one post-it, […]
Learner/New/Pass+/Instructor
UPDATED- TO INCLUDE SOLO TAXONOMY.Resources:Images of: Learning Plates New Driver Plates Pass Plus Plates Driving Instructor SOLO Document- <–Download Here This link to SOLO is by www.twitter.com/JulieDavis What to do: […]
Killer Questions!
Resources:NoneHow it works:Students have to think of a Killer Question– a question that is ‘impossible’ to answer by any of their peers! (I don’t mean it is impossible- but as in […]
Sticker Starters
Resources:Stickers/Label StickersWhat to do:There is a variety of ways this activity can be carried out.On arrival each student should be given a sticker. This is can be entirely at random, […]
EXER/CISE Books
Resources:Your class exercise books.What to do:The idea is pretty simple!Get students to write on only ONE side of their books only. The other side should then be used for: Marking/Feedback (D.I.R.T […]
Question Prompts
Resources:Download the prompts from here– (This is not mine- I found this on Twitter- No idea from who! If they are yours- let me know and I will reference immediately!)Or this […]
Collective Writing/Ghost Reading
Resources: Nothing! What to do: Collective Writing: Set the students a class question; E.G- ‘What do we want to achieve from…’ Then ask students to SHOUT out their ONE sentence! […]