Try This Teaching Toolkit

Resources:You? Or a Student?How It Works:When asking students to write a short answer for an exam/demonstrate a technique for a practical Click to read more

Resources: Dictionaries Textbooks Revision Guides Laptops?  Image from- https://twitter.com/brittwright22 who set up her own help desk after seeing this post 🙂 Click to read more

Cards to get students Bloomin’ thinking Resources: A set of Celebrity Cards, available on a Word doc. by clicking here–NEW Click to read more

The Chinese Fortune Teller Do you remember making these as a child, well bring them back onto the class room Click to read more

The Alphabet Challenge This activity can be done as a starter or plenary and is really simple with hardly any Click to read more

Resources: Post it notes How It Works: When marking books/essays we all notice common mistakes that our students make…  After Click to read more

Resources:Stickers- Red/Yellow/GreenHow It Works: Further to my video- which can be seen here about how to use stickers to signify Click to read more

Resources:Pack of cards and some post it notes!How It Works: A pack of cards can be used in so many Click to read more

UPDATED- APRIL 2014Resources:Online timer-displayed on the Smart Board/ProjectorOther resources listed below-when each station is explained! Before students enter have these Click to read more

Do you use a random name generator?Such as Classtools.net-  If so- use it differently!Watch this video for the explanation!It is Click to read more

Resources:Nothing- your normal presentation & task… How It Works:First arrange the desks in your classrooms where students will be facing Click to read more

A Plane Journey of Learning: These cards can be used independently as starters and plenaries, or if you are feeling Click to read more

Flow Chart Activity: This activity allows students to make decisions or identify the differences and similarities. How it works: The Click to read more

UPDATEResources:Handout/Explanation of the Magenta PrinciplesHow It Works:Whenever students are presented with a text/information/facts etc they are to use one or Click to read more

Resources:Once display is created-NOTHING! Idea used by @Kohlmand Idea used by @8colemanm8 Idea used by https://twitter.com/smithy1210 Idea used by https://twitter.com/TalkTeaching1 Image by @behaviourTeach using Click to read more

Resources: A prescription template How It Works: Students become doctors! They diagnose an essay, piece of writing, classwork, homework etc- Click to read more

The Knowledge Bank This links to the ‘Think Tax’ post- in your class… At the start of the new unit Click to read more

Resources:Your recorded video…?How It Works:Simply record your starters! Watch this video for more information…Which was first shown on the first Click to read more

Resources: Students need a recording device?  How it works: Pupils are given a topic, theory or subject that they need Click to read more

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 Click to read more