The document provides instructions for classroom activities called "plenaries" which are used to summarize and assess student learning. The plenaries include having students: 1) complete learning triangles to self-assess their understanding, 2) write steps to common tasks to relate lessons to real world examples, and 3) work with partners to give peer feedback on their learning. The goal is to help students consolidate their knowledge and identify areas for improvement.
2. Success Criteria Success & Improve
Plenary Triangle A
Contents www...ebi
Plenary Triangle B Work Partners
Key Word Key Word Sentence
1 thing learned, 1 to
Peer Assessment
remember
Pick a box Work Partners Timed
Make a question Step by Step Success Criteria
= brings you back to contents
3. Plenary
Step by step guide to making What’s making
a cup of tea. tea got to do
1) Put water in the kettle and with Maths?
turn it on.
2) Put a tea bag in the cup (and
any sugar if needed).
3) When kettle has boiled fill cup
with water to 80% full. Now write a
4) Leave tea to brew to desired step by step
strength.
5) Take out the tea bag. guide for one
6) Put in milk to taste (not more thing you have
than 15% or you’ll spill).
7) Enjoy!!!! learned today.
4. Draw a triangle into your
book, like the one below.
Plenary Fill in each section with:
•Something you’ve done
well today
•Something to think about
for next time
I’ve done •Key words from the lesson
well with...
Key words Something
for the to think
lesson about...
5. Plenary To
Sketch the triangle
into your book and
think complete each
about section for how
you feel about
the lesson
Pleased Pleased today.
about about
Key Key Key
Word Word Word
6. Write as many different things as you can about the word below.
Put anything related to the word, it doesn’t have to be about Maths!
Key word of
choice
7. Plenary
One thing I One thing I
need to
have learned remember for
today is... next time is...
8. Plenary
Pick a box from below to copy and
complete in your book
Today the most One thing I need to
important thing I have remember from today's
learned is... lesson is...
Next time I do a this One thing I have found
topic I will make sure I... hard today is...
9. Plenary
Write down one thing that has
helped you be successful in today's
lesson
Write down one thing that you
need to do to improve
10. Plenary
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what went well … even better if
11. Plenary
Turn to your work partner, one of you is A and
the other is B.
A tell B what you have B tell A what you have
learned. found challenging.
Write down what your partner has said
in their book.
12. Plenary
Write down the meaning of one of they key words
from today’s lesson.
Using as many of the key words as you can from
today's lesson, write a sentence to describe what
you have learned.
Get ready to share (your partner will read your sentence)!
13. Peer Assessment
On your partners work, mark the
work they have done and write:
• 1 thing that they have done well
• 1 thing they need to do to
improve
Get ready we will be sharing!
15. Plenary
Tell your partner what you have done well (you
only have 30 seconds each).
Now write down in your book 1 thing you need to
remember for next time (you have 45 seconds).
16. Plenary
Tell your partner what you have done well (you
only have 30 seconds each).
Now write down in your book 1 thing you need to
remember for next time (you have 45 seconds).
Now tell your partner what you need to do to
improve (you have 30 seconds each).
17. Plenary
Tell your partner what you have done well (you
only have 30 seconds each).
Now write down in your book 1 thing you need to
remember for next time (you have 45 seconds).
Now tell your partner what you need to do to
improve (you have 30 seconds each).
In your partners book write down one thing they
have told you (you have 60 seconds).
18. Plenary
Tell your partner what you have done well (you
only have 30 seconds each).
Now write down in your book 1 thing you need to
remember for next time (you have 45 seconds).
Now tell your partner what you need to do to
improve (you have 30 seconds each).
In your partners book write down one thing they
have told you (you have 60 seconds).
Get ready to share!
19. Plenary
• Swap books with your work partner. In their book
write a question about what we have been learning
today. You need to be able to answer it.
• Take back your own book and answer your partners
question, show full workings out.
• Swap books back and mark the question you made
up that your partner has completed.
• Write down what they have done well and what
they need to do to improve.
20. Step by Step Success Criteria...
Step 1 – write success criteria
and the title in your own book.
Step 2 – Pass on your book clockwise.
Write in the book you have, the 1st part of
what we have learned today.
Step 3 – Pass on your book clockwise. Read what has been
written and then write in the book you have, the next step
in what we have learned today.
Step 4 - Is the success criteria
No
complete?
Yes Step 5 – Pass book back to it’s
owner and check your own.
Make any corrections necessary.
Editor's Notes
This activity is best done once students have seen your writing success criteria for mathematics. Then this will be a really meaningful activity.
Get the students to sketch a triangle (like the one above) into their book. Then get them to complete each section in relation to the lesson.,
A more detailed plenary triangle, base level needs 3 key words from the lesson, middle section needs 2 things you have learned/please about and the top of the triangle is what you need to go away and revise.
You can choose to do this for a key word or the topic you are about to cover/ already covered. It can be used as an entry activity, plenary or as part of the lesson. Give the students a time limit and then share ideas as a class. You can share ideas in pairs 1st and then as a class.
Get the students to draw two big bubbles in their book and copy and complete the statements. Get them to share what they have written with the class.
Students choose 1 box to put in their book and complete. Get the class to share what they have written.
Students to write in their books two sentences, the 1st to explain what they have done well and the 2nd to explain what they need to do to improve. Students to then share what they have written with the class.
This is a really quick plenary. Get students to write in their book www (what went well) something they found that they were good at and are confident with. They then need to write ebi (even better if) so something that they would like to improve in their work. Get students to share what they have written.
This is a really quick plenary. Get each pair of students to label themselves A and B. Student A should tell student B what they have learned. Student B should tell student A what they found challenging. Student A then writes what student B has said in student B’s book. And student B writes what student A said in student A’s book. This is a great activity for literacy as they students have to listen to each other and then write in full sentences what their partner has said.
This is a really quick plenary. Get students to write in their book the meaning of one of the key words. Then using as many of they key words as they can write a full sentence to say what they have learned. Get students work partner to share what they have written. This encourages writing, make sure the students write their answers in full sentences.
Now get the groups to swap work back. Each group to read out to the class what they have done well and what they need to do to improve.
This slide is timed, so the student have a set time to complete each section of the plenary activity.
The steps come on with a click of the mouse, as the students are ready to move on.
The idea of this activity is that each student contributes to success criteria – step by step. It is very important that you have used success criteria several times before completing this activity (otherwise students will find it difficult to complete the task). To finish pick a few people to read the success criteria they have got written in their book.