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Week 3

L and T Top Tips, updates

AfL:  Exit ticket
A plenary which helps the teacher planning the following lesson.  Pupils are asked to answer a question/create a question/list key words/complete a sentence related to the lesson and give it to the teacher as they leave the classroom.

Literacy:  Ariculate
Encourage articulation:   Students have post-it notes stuck on their backs. The post-its have keywords or concepts written on them. Students ask each other questions to establish what their word is.

G&T and Least able:
Ban boring words -Give students a subject specific paragraph that uses boring connectives such as ‘and’, ‘said or ‘like’. In teams they change the boring words to more interesting words.’

Week 2

L and T Top Tips, updates

Focus on Differentiation

EAL:
Make sure the key words are explained at the start of the lesson.  In addition, you could provide EAL learners with a glossary of all the key terms that are going to be used (where possible try to include pictures within this glossary).

BfL:  Classroom Layout
Make sure that your class is laid out in such a way to improve behaviour and stimulate learning.  Think about how you’re going to arrange the desks and seats.  Where is your area going to be?  What displays and resources can you use to create a  stimulating environment?

Stretch and challenge: Silent Debate
A question/topic is posed and written down on a large sheet of paper.  Students respond to the question/topic and to one another’s comments in silence.  Works best with A3 paper and students working in groups of 4 – 6 for 2 – 3 minutes.

Week 38

MIME, updates

When applying the marking code, use the left hand side of the margin to record the codes in a list (indicating the student errors) and circle the errors in the student’s work. During DIRT, ask students to correct their errors and cross out the code.

To challenge your more able students you could also carry out the same technique by just using the code in the margin and making the students find the error on that line.

Numbers not comments

MIME, updates,

This week JWC has been nominated for his use of efficient and effective marking. He marked work with a series of numbers Rather than tell students what their errors were, he posed a series of numbered questions that students had to go through and answer. Students were very engaged with their errors and independently came up with several personal targets for improvement.

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Think Pink, Green Good

MIME, updates

Whilst the students are busy writing, walk around the room highlighting anything they need to improve with a pink highlighter and ticking any good examples in green. This is a quick, easy and explicit way of checking progress in a lesson. 

The students can then think about how they need to improve the areas highlighted in pink and then improve their work (students showing response to teacher marking).

A winning idea submitted by Mrs A Willoughby-Clarke