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All in a day’s work
Sharing ideas
Write down one good thing that has happened this week in school
Pre Starters Have something on the board to focus pupils
http://slodive.com/inspiration/optical-illusions-for-kids/
Count the people
Tourist
Explorer
THINKERS Keys Tony Ryan 1990 Prediction Different Uses
Variation Reverse
What if
Alphabet
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Thinkers Keys
REVERSE KEY 5 Things you could not clean 10 Things you could not do with a paperclip
Name 5 things that You CANNOT take a photograph of.
Find 10 uses for red plastic noses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA
Who dunnit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LCLoidJh4
T Mobile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYZ6rbPU2M
Food Court
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo
Grand Central
www.paperzip.co.uk
Missing letter Note Ask pupils to rewrite a note without using a particular letter. E.g. rewrite "Your dinner is in the dog!" without using the letter 'd'. ‘Tell your teacher you were too late to do your tasks’ without the letter ‘T’
Answers- Give pupils the answers and ask them to come up with 3 questions e.g. The answer is ‘Gold’- the questions could be: 1. What metal is the winning Olympic medal made from? 2. What would you traditionally hope to find a pot of at the end of a rainbow? 3. What metal was the name of Spandau Ballet’s famous hit? Your word is beansprouts
http://www.independentthinking.co.uk/Cool+ Stuff/Pre-Starter+Starters/default.aspx
Create a 3D animal You will be given a sheet of paper or foil You must create a 3D animal that Has 4 legs Can stand up We can guess what it is!
Drawing game
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/
http://www.literacyshed.com/the-thinking-shed.html
http://www.literacyshed.com/the-fun-shed.html
Lift
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBchZLkQR0
Escalator Moments
Talking Chips O You will each be given a set number of
‘talk chips’ O When you want to talk you need to put your ‘chip’ into the middle – when you have used all of your chips you cannot talk again until everyone has used their chips (you may then collect them and start again) O You have been asked to make an advert to encourage more people into
Flickr – Great Quotes about learning & Change
http://www.flickr.com/groups/858082@N25/
Questions O 95% of all questions in a lesson come from
the teacher. O The average time a teacher waits for a response is 2.7 seconds O Most of the questions from pupils are low level ( can I borrow a pen?) O Other questions are still only knowledge and understanding
Encourage HOT questions
Ask the pupils about their questions? O When you ask a question – be explicit (sometimes!) O O
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about what sort of question it is. E.g ‘What year did the Huskar disaster happen?’ Oh dear that wasn’t a brilliant question was it? What sort of question was it? Knowledge/remembering? What would be a more interesting question or a Higher Order Thinking question? Do you think that the children would have survived if they had obeyed instructions? Can the death of 26 children be seen as ‘acceptable’ because it changed the course of History?
Questions they actually asked were: O How did the mine flood if the ventilation
shaft normally worked ok? O Why did the parents let their children work down the mines anyway? O Why didn’t Mr Birkinshaw move to another pit when his two boys were killed.
1 hour intense revision – top set yr 10 O Final burning question..... O ‘Madam where did you buy your shoes??’ O You can’t win them all
Pass the chicken*!
(*Watch him though, he’s in fancy dress and looks rather like a monkey!)
Name 5. . . O Different types of O O O O
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English Language
text. Poets from the Cultures section. Poem titles from different cultures. Different purposes of writing. Poetic techniques. Presentational devices.
ASK 3 B4 me
Encourage Peer support OFSTED O Students go out of their
way to help each other and offer mutual support O All students are involved in the lesson & contribute in some form
ASK 3 Before me
O Badge or poster ‘ASK
3 before me’ O Need to ‘train’ pupils to do this effectively
Please Stand Please line up in order of your house numbers. I will then put you into groups by counting out the first four, next four etc This has the effect of being totally random & transparent. As teachers we often say ‘these groups are random’ But we don’t mean it – in our heads we are keeping X and Y apart!
Group work Quick tip from Co – operative learning techniques – when pupils are in groups ask them to number themselves 1 – 4 by using
Number of letters in their name Order of birthdays Height Time they went to bed last night Alphabetically by second letter of their name
This means they will need to talk but not in a threatening way. Number 1 can be the scribe number 2 feedback etc.
Numbered Heads
O Number yourselves in your team alphabetically using the
second letter of your surname O Number 1 starts as scribe but any of you can be asked to feed back by the roll of a dice. O Large Dice – colours/team names O Discuss – The best way to relax & unwind after work is.... O Feedback - DICE
True or False
True..................................................or is it false!
Could pre-plan questions or get students to write their own for the rest of the class
Txt Msg
Write a txt msg explaining your learning
Video Errors Make a film of yourself (or another teacher or student if you are camera shy!) explaining the topic covered in the lesson. Insert a number of deliberate mistakes/common misconceptions that students have to identify.
Develop by asking students how they would have presented the material better; why they think common misconceptions are commonly misconceived (thinking about thinking)
www.graphwords.com www.oneword.com Random word generator
Creativity games random words
‘Thank you for helping me to be the best that I can be’