3. Homework Deadline: Have it written clearly on board as students enter with a precise due date. Set a task that consolidates what was taught in lesson or bridges to the next lesson.
4. Starter Linked to topic (mental task is ideal as a thinking task). Important to bridge from prior to current learning. A question or series of questions about a stimulus (photo, text, sound, video) are the most effective. Spend five minutes maximum, and allow for some sharing and feedback.
5. Topic: Lesson Content How to express skill(s) as a statement linked to assessment criteria
6. Modelling How to… Show students how to apply a skill Spend 10 minutes maximum Ask questions to less able students about what teacher did Ask higher order questions to middle ability students around how teacher did it Ask higher order questions to most able students around why teacher did this
7. Group/Pair Work Pairs or groups practice skills through discussion and record their thinking on sugar paper, in discussion, on mini whiteboards, using new technologies. Teachers should circulate to get a feel for how the students are progressing. Support staff deployed to work with particular groups to ensure access and progress. Teacher intervenes to support, scaffold and prompt. Spend 15 minutes maximum, including feedback Feedback should include carefully scaffolded questions about what has been done, what has been learned and how it has been learned.
8. Independent Learning Students apply skills independently to new content Display success criteria with levels/grades linked to NC or Syllabus Support staff deployed strategically to work with key students and/or groups of students Planned extension task Spend 20 minutes minimum
9. Review and Reflection Use directed questioning to probe and elicit what learning has taken place and how. For example: What were the (correct) answers? How did students manage to get to those answers? Which strategies were most successful and why in the eyes of the students? A future course of action or application of the skills or content used in the lesson. Link back to learning objectives and skills OR success criteria/grade descriptors. Spend 10-15 minutes maximum