1. The Practical Teachers’
Toolkit
Ten Effective Teaching Strategies

2. Programme
• Vocabulary
• Explain the rule
• Grouping/Sorting
• Compare and
contrast
• Idea input
• Representing
learning/
Summarisation
• Explain back
• Lesson link/Revision
• Classroom sharing
• Feedback

3. #1.Vocabulary
• Word Flowgram - Environment
(Geography)
• Word grid - Photosynthesis (Science)
• What-How-Why - Percentages (Maths)

4. Photosynthesis

5. Word Grid
chlorophyl growth fundamentally
process photosynthesis oxygen
sunlight green carbon dioxide

6. What-How-Why
•percentage
•proportion
•fraction
•out of
•part
•divide
•split
•find
•simplify
•group
•how much

7. #2. Explain the rule
• Semi-Colons (English)
• Short Division (Maths)

8. #3. Grouping/Sorting
• Recruitment posters - History

9. #4. Compare and
Contrast
• Cells vs.Atoms
• Rules vs. Laws
• Global issues vs. Local issues
• One character vs.Another character
• Reciprocal summarisation (English task)
• Example and non-example

10. #5. Idea Input
Evaluate/
Analyse/
Process
ideas
Apply
ideas
Generate/
Identify
ideas
Generate
for/against
arguments
Choose
argument/
sort into
order
Write
persuasive
piece

11. *size
*how fresh
*shape
*surface
area
*type of
plant they
come from
*colour
*thickness

12. New Boy

13. New Boy
• Fact or Interpretation

14. #6. Representing
Learning/Summarising
• Rainforests (Geography)
• All-Many-Some-One (Schools)

15. #7. Explain Back
• Short Division

16. Explain Back

17. Explain Back

18. #8. Lesson Link
• Photosynthesis
• Fact/example
• Opinion/Comment
• Question

19. #9. Classroom Sharing
• Turn and talk / snowballing
• Whiteboard post-it-notes
• Visual reporting back

20. Classroom Sharing

21. #10. Feedback
• Rapid
• Meaningful
• Opportunity for application

22. Feedback
• Recognising feedback moments

23. Feedback
• Planning for feedback

24. Inspiring teaching

25. Thank you...