Lesson starters
Played in partners or groups, the objective of the game is for one student (or group) to describe the word or phrase to a partner (or group) so that they can guess the term or phrase.
Taboo
A typical routine teachers use to gain responses from students.
Hands up
Who created the 4 T Shirts behaviour categories
Jo Lang
A creative online tool to "capture, create, share" for a flipped or blended learning environment
ScreenPal (Formerly Screencast-O-Matic)
In what year was the first-ever Wimbledon Championship held?
1877
A question aimed at generating knowledge or retrieval of knowledge, where the question would seem to be completely out of context in relation to the content.
Crazy Questions
A common technique used to prompt a student who has been distracted during a teaching segment.
Posing a question as a behaviour technique
Name 5 features/widgets in Classroom Screen?
Poll, random name, sound level, traffic light, timer, work symbols, dice, stopwatch, calendar, draw, QR code, group maker
A visual system that shows different levels of responses.
Bump it Up Wall
Hg is the chemical symbol of which element?
Mercury
Name a topic other than maths multiplication that you could do "I have, who has" with, and give an example.
Show your response
The most commonly observed, easy to overcome mistake during explicit instruction.
Students talking while teachers are talking
List 2 ways you can acknowledge positive behaviour in the classroom.
Positive behaviour cards, Raffle tickets, mystery rewards chart, Pasta Jars, Desk Pets
Draw up an alternate version of table with a twist (not the one we did today) including four column headings and at least one that requires students to synthisise information.
Fact
Definition
Question and Answer
Newspaper Headline, tweet, drawing etc etc
In which city was Jim Morrison buried?
Paris
Create a "stop the bus game" in your context with 3 categories and give an example for each?
Novel Review
Character: Claudius
Theme: Corruption
Quote: Now CRACKS a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;
What does Hattie state the effect size is for collective teacher efficacy?
1.57
Draw the balloon strategy, list a reward for your context and explain how it works.
Cue students, pause and scan. Remove string while waiting for students to follow instructions.
Name 2 ways students can summarise information rather than copy from the board?
3 Facts
Process
Cause effect, graphic organiser
Drawing
What is the painting “La Gioconda” more usually known as?
The Mona Lisa
Name 3 reasons why Baseball Trivia is an effective method to do revision?
Game Based
Differentiation
Student Choice
A common strategy used in most classrooms that has absolutely no link to learning.
Copying from the board
Name 4 activities that help to get to know your students.
Memory Game, Beachball, 2 truths and a lie, Human Bingo, Passions Tic Tac Toe, Who's story is it, Have you ever
What are the 3 headings in a 3,2,1 bridge
3 Thoughts/ideas
2 questions
Similie/Metaphor/Abstract
Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls, Venezuela