Variety in teaching methods

1. VARIETY
IN
CLASSROOM
ACTIVITIES

2. Why use activities?
Apply what was taught in class
Engagement
Student Autonomy
Active learning Collaboration

3. Gallery walk
Thoughtfully
respond to
meaningful
questions
and
situations
Group answers
Prompt
Rotate to next
prompt
Group leader
reads out to
the whole class
what was
added

4. Demonstrations
Stimulating event &
action
Discussion
Show & tell
Exciting props & models
Predict outcomes
Increase
understanding
of concept
and enhance
interest

5. Debate
Friendly Competition
Oral presentation Leadership Interpersonal
Skills
Team work

6. Educational Games
Create your
own games
Board
games
Scavenger
hunt
Jeopardy
Online
games

7. Brainstorming

8. Power points

9. Jigsaw
method
Chunk the material each student
present a chunk

10. Field trips
• Real world experience
• Change of Scenery
• Social emotional class bonding

11. Sketch notes and
doodling
• Making notes works of art
• Summary connect ideas

12. Case studies
• Open ended problems
• Real life problems
• Background knowledge
• Relatable

13. Projects
Self directed learning experience
• Create a model
• Make a product
• Poster boards
• Anchor charts
• Solve problems

14. Journals
• Take charge of their learning
• Express their feelings
• Write ideas
• Writing prompts
• Self evaluation
• Reflection
• Free writing

15. Learning centers
• Station to Station
• Materials and planning needed
• Hands on activities
• Creative

16. Graphic organizers
• Story map
• Timeline
• Concept + mind map
• Fish bone map

17. Integrate topics

18. Entry and exit tickets

19. Writing-six traits
• Ideas
• Organisation
• Voice(writer’s attitude sense of audience)
• Word voice
• Sentence fluency
• CAPS

20. Pre writing
Sticky note
Brainstorming
Sticky note
shuffling
Grocery lists Spring
Details about
leaves
Details about
weather
Spring
activities
Shades of
words
Pink Cotton candy Carnation Magenta
Mulberry
Can you write
other words
for mean?
Stretching
sentences
The cat was
playful
CAPS

21. Thank you