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
What is the name of the strategy used to revise topics (which appear on the bottom of the game card) wiht a synthesis strategy (listed vertically on the game card)
Connect Revision
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 that has become much easier to create wiht the use of AI
Bump it Up Wall
Hg is the chemical symbol of which element?
Mercury
Name a topic other than maths, geography or english 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
List two synthesis concepts that could be used in table wiht a twist other than newspaper headline
Simile, metaphor, snap chat message, question and answer, 8 word summary.
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
What is a strategy that would work for a "Look at Me" Kid?
Journaling
Table Teams with roles
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
In what revision game would students change from asking questions to answering questions, after 3 incorrect answers have been given?
Baseball Trivia
A common strategy used in most (high school) classrooms that has absolutely no link to learning.
Copying from the board
Name 4 activities from session 1 today 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 is the name of the activity where students develop their own question and answers then ask a peer and swap questions.
Quiz Quiz Trade
Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls, Venezuela