From
Good to Outstanding
Simple ideas to
improve the lesson
- Create thought provoking starter activities – have it ready as soon as they arrive on the desk/whiteboard – get them to start as latecomers arrive.
- If you were a ….what would you be and why?
- What do these three things have in common and why?
- Use learning objectives: colour coded to help students realise progression from green to orange to red means difficulty increases.
- Use learning objectives not task based objectives.
o define/recall/describe/summarise (green
L/O)
o explain/compare/discuss/compose (orange
L/O)
o analyse/evaluate/investigate (red
L/O)
- Refer to learning objectives consistently throughout the lesson – not just the beginning and the end.
- Use hinge point questions (questions to test understanding before allowing students to move on to the next learning objective)
- Have clipboard with assessment checklist sheet on the desk to record your observation consistently.
- Make sure your resources are creative and have learning objectives on the board so students know where they are in the lesson.
- Step back from being the expert in the class from time to time and let students show their ability to learn independently. Try to work as a facilitator especially with grades 5-8
- Use different types of activities from lesson to lesson – aim to keep students on their toes each lesson so they do not know what to expect.
- Re-model tasks verbally to help differentiate – you can verbally scaffold tasks for individual students without having to have 8 zillion different worksheets.
- Ensure that you speak to every student in the room at least once during a lesson( ask them a question, praise them, comment on their work).
- If students simply aren't getting the content of your lesson try to re-model and re-shape your learning objectives and lesson.
- Ask probing, open-ended questions – ask them to the students without their hands up- even better- apply a no hands up policy from time to time.
- Be consistent with behaviour rules/discipline with every student in the class.
- Ensure you know where the learners are with their progression (use post it notes).
- Always have an extension task or two ready – students should never run out of work to complete.
- ALWAYS prepare independent class work and HOMEWORK for the covered learning objective(s). From : TES.co.uk
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