Resources:Paper/Coloured Pens How It Works:Students each handed a piece of paper- A3/4?They students must be seated in a way that each student can pass their paper to the person next to them. (You, as the teacher can plug a gap …
Resources: Smart Notebook How it works: Write keywords / vocabulary onto a smart notebook page. Recapping the previous lesson perhaps? Or introducing new words. Then change their colour to white so they disappear on the screen. Draw a shape but …
UPDATE Resources:This Grid by @TomBrush192 <– download here and the resources required for individual tasks? Click here for a notebook version with spinning dice! By @TheMathsMagpie GRID MADE BY WWW.TWITTER.COM/TOMBRUSH1982 How It Works:Print the grid out- laminate it- A4? A3? or have a grid permanently …
Resources:Strips of Paper- divided into sections.How It Works:Desks are arranged into exam desk settings (see picture) When signalled by the teacher- (I play music!)Student on the front desk has to take the strip of paper and write a keyword/quote/point/equasion/poet etc …
Spinning Tops A spinning top can add an element of fun and creativity to you lesson, and can be created in advance by you or even easier made by the pupils. Resources: Paper, ready for pupils to cut …
Cards to get students Bloomin’ thinking Resources: A set of Celebrity Cards, available on a Word doc. by clicking here–NEW updated Cards here by J Chappell. Rationale: The cards are a mixture of Bloom’s Taxonomy and De Bono’s Hats. The power …
The Alphabet Challenge This activity can be done as a starter or plenary and is really simple with hardly any preparation. It allows for the pupils to reflect on the topic they are studying in a fun but challenging way. …
Resources:Pack of cards and some post it notes!How It Works: A pack of cards can be used in so many ways in a lesson…For example:Picking groups- Hand out cards to students as they enter the room- then ask students to …
Do you use a random name generator?Such as Classtools.net- If so- use it differently!Watch this video for the explanation!It is a really easy/fun/effective way to adapt the use of the random name generator!Guest post by https://twitter.com/ianaddison
A Plane Journey of Learning: These cards can be used independently as starters and plenaries, or if you are feeling in a more creative mood why not theme a whole lesson along the lines of an airplane journey, with you …
Resources:Your recorded video…?How It Works:Simply record your starters! Watch this video for more information…Which was first shown on the first Teach Tweet on the 28th of March. Variations:Record your plenaries? SaveSave
Resources:Plenary Prefect Card(s) Image from- http://classteaching.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-big-4/ Image from- http://missmward.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/plenary-prefects/ How It Works: As students enter the room, give the card to one pair of students – discretely! Tell them to read it carefully. Stress to them that they will have to pay …
Resources:Strips of PaperGlue? Stapler How It Works:Students can work in groups.They are asked to write a Keyword/Topic/Phrase/Quote on a strip of paper.They then write a connection/explanation/definition on another strip of paper.However….They must then connect with another keyword+definition… to make a …
The big floor mind map is a great active revision task that involves very little prep, but has a big impact on learning. It allows for pupils to see connections between topics as well as connections within topics. Resources: Squares …
