The Practical Teachers’ Toolkit

Ten Effective Teaching Strategies

Programme

• Vocabulary

• Explain the rule

• Grouping/Sorting

• Compare and contrast

• Idea input

• Representing learning/Summarisation

• Explain back

• Lesson link/Revision

• Classroom sharing

• Feedback

#1. Vocabulary

• Word Flowgram - Environment (Geography)

• Word grid - Photosynthesis (Science)

• What-How-Why - Percentages (Maths)

Photosynthesis

Word Grid

chlorophyl growth fundamentally

process photosynthesis oxygen

sunlight green carbon dioxide

What-How-Why

•percentage

•proportion

•fraction

•out of

•part

•divide

•split

•find

•simplify

•group

•how much

#2. Explain the rule

• Semi-Colons (English)

• Short Division (Maths)

#3. Grouping/Sorting

• Recruitment posters - History

#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

#5. Idea Input

Evaluate/Analyse/Process ideas

Applyideas

Generate/Identify ideas

Generate for/against arguments

Choose argument/sort into

order

Write persuasive

piece

*size*how fresh*shape

*surface area

*type of plant they come from

*colour*thickness

New Boy

New Boy

• Fact or Interpretation

#6. Representing Learning/Summarising

• Rainforests (Geography)

• All-Many-Some-One (Schools)

#7. Explain Back

• Short Division

Explain Back

Explain Back

#8. Lesson Link

• Photosynthesis

• Fact/example

• Opinion/Comment

• Question

#9. Classroom Sharing

• Turn and talk / snowballing

• Whiteboard post-it-notes

• Visual reporting back

Classroom Sharing

#10. Feedback

• Rapid

• Meaningful

• Opportunity for application

Feedback

• Recognising feedback moments

Feedback

• Planning for feedback

Inspiring teaching

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