Try This Teaching Toolkit

Resources:Pegs and display things!The original idea for Progress Pegs is from https://twitter.com/PeFoulgerWhat to do:Each student has their own peg and itClick to read more

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 asClick to read more

Resources: Teacher to put together using masking tape a number of pieces of sugar paper to create a massive pieceClick to read more

*UPDATE* Differentiation from Mr A Ali Try This Ed Support training session on Stretch and Challenge- I have removed some ideas/itemsClick to read more

Resources:None!What to do:Student’s must plant somewhere in your school, a poem that they have written!They might, for example, pin aClick to read more

Resources:None neededWhat to do:We know the aims of marking are to check understanding- adjust SOW/Lesson Plans. Check progress of studentsClick to read more

Resources: Use the blank template of a gingerbread man to assess your student’s learning during the lesson or at theClick to read more

Resources:The Onion Poster- Click Here It can be printed and placed in books, or on classroom walls, or in student plannersClick to read more

Resources:Table Below:Reference to NSEAD.ORG Strategy/approach Process Gains and benefits Thinking Time: Consciously waiting for a pupil or class to think throughClick to read more

Resources: Post its/Stickers Felt tip pens Preparation: Take key quotations and key words from a text and write either halfClick to read more

UPDATED- TO INCLUDE SOLO TAXONOMY.Resources:Images of: Learning Plates New Driver Plates Pass Plus Plates Driving Instructor SOLO Document- <–Download HereClick to read more

Resources:NoneHow it works:Students have to think of a Killer Question– a question that is ‘impossible’ to answer by any ofClick to read more

Resources:Stickers/Label StickersWhat to do:There is a variety of ways this activity can be carried out.On arrival each student should beClick to read more

Resources:Your class exercise books.What to do:The idea is pretty simple!Get students to write on only ONE side of their booksClick to read more

Resources:Download the prompts from here– (This is not mine- I found this on Twitter- No idea from who! If they areClick to read more

Resources: Nothing! What to do: Collective Writing: Set the students a class question; E.G- ‘What do we want to achieveClick to read more

Resources:You need to organise the worksheets yourself!What to do:If your lesson requires students to record a lot of information downClick to read more

Resources: The below template: Idea taken from the N.I Curriculum. What to do: Students are given a key question inClick to read more

Resources: Can use the online websites- www.bubbl.us or www.popplet.com  What to do: We all know what a Mind Map is: Click to read more

After attending the @WholeEducation Conference today- I feel this post should be removed from drafts and put into a liveClick to read more