AITSL STANDARD: 3.3 - Use teaching strategies Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking. The Situation You want your students to categorise information, cooperatively. The Solution Organising and categorising information is a classically higher-order thinking task. Sometimes, in English, you will need students to organise … Continue reading Jot Thoughts
Month: April 2020
Talking Chips
AITSL STANDARD :3.3 - Use teaching strategies Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking. The Situation You want your students to share ideas equally and respectfully. You want your students to develop speaking and listening skills. The Solution Not all students have the confidence to … Continue reading Talking Chips
Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up
AITSL STANDARDS: 3.3 - Use teaching strategies Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking. The Situation You want your students to share ideas equally. You want your students interact with people they do not often speak to. The Solution All teachers want their students to … Continue reading Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up
Numbered Heads Together
AITSL STANDARD: 3.3 - Use teaching strategies Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem solving and critical and creative thinking. The Situation You want your students to feel accountable for their learning and contributions in class. The Solution Discussion is fantastic in a English classroom! A Numbered Heads Together activity is … Continue reading Numbered Heads Together
Exit Ticket
The Situation You need to conclude your lesson and show that your students understand the learning. The Solution After you have completed the main activity of your lesson, how do you know that the students have really got it? This is the exit ticket or plenary. In this section of your lesson, you need to … Continue reading Exit Ticket
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