Half Desk/Half White Board
*UPDATE- 15/02/14*Mini Whiteboards have always been really useful! Heres something a little different!A while back I transformed some desks in my room into Half Desks- Half Whiteboards!They have worked a treat: for starters/plenaries group work individual/paired/group mind mapping providing a personalised learning experience for the students keywords definitions individual lesson objectives and much more…! They went […]
Lucky Dip
Idea: Lucky DipHow used:Works well as a variation on a question loop, to check understanding, or as a plenary. Put key questions in a lucky dip container. It’s more fun if you cover it and make it look mysterious and special!Students dip in and challenge others to answer the question. You can take random answers […]
Crime Scene Investigation!
Resources:Crime scene props: Masking tape to create an outline of a dead body, murder weapon, Police “do not cross” tape, various other clues – photos, money, wallet etc. How It Works: You need to create a murder scene; As students come in, ask them to piece together the clues to create a written narrative explaining how the scene happened. […]
What makes good learning?
Resources: How It Works: Use as a starter or plenary to get students to identify what good learning is. This is ideal for when you first teach a class to lay down boundaries and establish clear aims. It will highlight to students what they and the teacher should sound, look and feel like in […]
Raffle Tickets!
Resources: A Raffle Book- £1 from a Poundshop! How It Works: As students enter the room they are greeted with a pot containing raffle tickets. Students take a raffle ticket and sit down. (They are reminded to keep hold of their ticket and to remember the number!) During the lesson the teacher can then call […]
Lego
Resources: Spare lego/board game pieces. How It Works: Give students pieces of lego/game bits and ask them to make/shape/create ‘something’ that links to a keyword/concept previously learnt. For example: Students can make a layout of a court room, design a flag, make some religious symbols, use a car and build a […]
Riddles
Resources:Pre-written example of a riddlePost it notesHow It Works:The teacher shares a riddle based on a key idea or new terminology. The students then have to guess what the riddle is about. For example:I am inquisitive, but I need no answer.What am I? Hopefully they will guess: rhetorical question. Variations:Get students to write thier own […]
Mission Impossible
Resources: Mission Impossible sound track from YouTube,Image(s) to assess previous learning What to do: To assess previous learning place an image/s in an envelope and stick under each students seat before they enter the class. On teachers command of go (play the mission impossible sound track at the same time), students must scramble to find their […]