Acrostic Relay
Resources: None! What do do: Put students into two teams. Line each team up, one behind the other in front of the whiteboard. Give the student at the front of each line, a whiteboard pen. On the whiteboard is a word, written vertically down the board. The word should be related to the learning that […]
D.N.A
Resources The “do now” resource and the explanation of each “do now” slide. What to do This is very much a resource inspired by twitter. I have taken ideas from (amongst other people) @ASTsupportAALI, @davidfawcett27, @HFletcherWood, @TeacherToolkit, @LearningSpy and @ManYanaEd. Bell work (or “do now activity”) is work that the pupils do as soon as […]
Scrabble Art
Resources:Scrabble Tiles?What to do:Ask students to make keywords/terms/ideas/topics link together using scrabble tiles. Great way to involve numeracy and literacy as a quick starter. Or as a revision tool to stick up as a display?Students can each make one word and then ask to connect with another pair- then they will have to explain the connection either […]
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, and the second half on to another post-it. I used four different colour pens and I knew which colour represented the harder quotations to explain […]
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, or random (but you are selecting the stickers really- differentiation) One student given a keyword then other a definition- They should then find the definition […]
Chocolate- Yes pls!
Resources:Mini Smarties!What to do:Give the students a mini smarties pack to eat! (Maybe this is a prize- or a bribe!)Then ask them to complete the activity on the back! Variations: Ask Students to design their own chocolate box activities?
Jump in!
Resources – Rubber/place mats placed around the room– Could use A3 sheets of paperHow It Works Using rubber mats (known as placemats), place them randomly on the floor of your classroom starting from the door. As students enter the class, ask students to find their way to their seat without touching the floor- but by only […]
Find SOMEBODY to…
Resources – Printed grids (3×3, 2×6 or whatever suits)How It Works Each student is given a grid. The students must then walk around the room and find somebody who relates/matches to the statements. Aim: is to get everyone active and focused at the very start of the lesson and thinking about learning. Relate to your subject: you […]
Don’t Lie!
Resources: Nothing! What to do: Welcome your new students back with a smile and try this! 2 truths 1 lie… Ask students to state two truths about themselves and 1 lie… You should then through some clever questioning figure out the lie! The reason I do this, is at the end of the activity I […]
Roll a Sentence
Resources:Download the grid Here (This activity has been adapted from the Plenary Grid by @TomBrush1982) What to do:Print the grid out- laminate it- A4? A3? or have a grid permanently stuck into the students books? Or on their Desks?Then give students a dice to roll twice.Once to count along and once to count across.Whatever box the […]