1. Improving learning SMILE REWARD and REWARD Welcome Put a Welcome sign on your door Classroom scripts You can if you think you can Which bit don’t you understand yet? Up till now this has been a problem... and... “What have I learned today?” “What have I learned today?” “How do I know?” “How do I know?” “What do I need to know to get to the next level?” What’s the best By the end of the lesson you will be able to... What’s the best way for you to learn this? way for you to learn this? “I have a responsibility for the way my partners learn” Affirm the future in the present tense You are excellent at spelling You are a brilliant writer / mathematician / thinker choices and challenge Give choices and challenge : You could do activity 3 You could do activity 5, Your choice, you decide … Constructive conjunctions and phrases Your work is OK and I want you to... Now we’re going to start something entirely new... And finally... That’s not like you... PROGRESS Let’s talk PROGRESS … try MSC and MSM Target partners E1T1 Self and peer assessment © Graham Tyrer and Patrick Taylor 2013

2. Improving learning reduction Examples of reduction Prioritise Rank Summarise in xxx words Pick out the main points from... Pick out the hardest bit of... Key word, highlight, underline Retitle and caption Lesson structures Verbalise Teach Reduce Ask Transform “ Could you tell me / partner what you understand by.. ” “ This will help me reach my target because … ” Starter Main Plenary Offer Big Picture Give new information Reinforce or review it Make sense of it MIQ transformation Examples of MIQ transformation Mind map the information Hotseat Still picture Retell as a story / poem / song Chart it / Venn diagram the info Sequence the knowledge Debate / interrogate info. Memory house Make a mnemonic Make a values continuum Devise 20 questions about the info Discuss applications for the info Innovate: ask “ What if ?” Review Review “ I listen with my ear, my heart and my undivided attention ”

3. Improving learning Review and retention open questionsAsk open questions Allow wait time Give advanced warning of a question Ask a follow up question Try “What made you think of that?” – ask for more than one answer Try: “This is the answer. What is the question?” 10 Minute Plenary When is your 10 Minute Plenary – at the beginning, middle or end? Time Retention Review No review Review

4. Improving learning Review and retention reduction Examples of reduction Prioritise Rank Summarise in xxx words Pick out the main points from... Pick out the hardest bit of... Key word, highlight, underline Retitle and caption Lesson structures open questionsAsk open questions Allow wait time Give advanced warning of a question Ask a follow up question Try “What made you think of that?” – ask for more than one answer Try: “This is the answer. What is the question?” Verbalise Teach Reduce Ask Transform “ Could you tell me / partner what you understand by.. ” “ This will help me reach my target because … ” 10 Minute Plenary When is your 10 Minute Plenary – at the beginning, middle or end? Starter Main Plenary Offer Big Picture Give new information Reinforce or review it Make sense of it MIQ transformation Examples of MIQ transformation Mind map the information Hotseat Still picture Retell as a story / poem / song Chart it / Venn diagram the info Sequence the knowledge Debate / interrogate info. Memory house Make a mnemonic Make a values continuum Devise 20 questions about the info Discuss applications for the info Innovate: ask “ What if ?” Time Retention Review No review Review “ I listen with my ear, my heart and my undivided attention ” SMILE REWARD and REWARD Welcome Put a Welcome sign on your door Classroom scripts You can if you think you can Which bit don’t you understand yet? Up till now this has been a problem... and... “What have I learned today?” “What have I learned today?” “How do I know?” “How do I know?” “What do I need to know to get to the next level?” What’s the best By the end of the lesson you will be able to... What’s the best way for you to learn this? way for you to learn this? “I have a responsibility for the way my partners learn” Affirm the future in the present tense You are excellent at spelling You are a brilliant writer / mathematician / thinker choices and challenge Give choices and challenge : You could do activity 3 You could do activity 5, Your choice, you decide … Constructive conjunctions and phrases Your work is OK and I want you to... Now we’re going to start something entirely new... And finally... That’s not like you... PROGRESS Let’s talk PROGRESS … try MSC and MSM Target partners E1T1 Self and peer assessment