Countdown
Give 9 letters and get pupils to make as many words as they can. If it works for the topic you are teaching, hide a key word in amongst the letters and see if anyone gets it!
Catchphrase
Key words (9) are placed in a 3×3 grid. Pupils describe as many words as possible on the board to their team mates in a minute to try and win. Behind the words is a catchphrase that there are bonus points for guessing!
Bingo
Get pupils to review their learning by choosing 9 out of a possible 12 numbers or words and complete a grid. The students can then cross out the words as the teacher describes them; first to complete their grid wins! Another way this can be used is to focus the children’s learning on a particular …
Beat the teacher
Everyone (teacher included) has a mini-whiteboard and pen. The teacher gives a calculation or anagram and everyone starts doing it. Either set the timer or give the pupil your time plus 1 minute. When they think they have the correct answer they must hold up it up on their whiteboard. Another version involves having a …
Acrostics
Provide pupils with a number of clues for them to decipher, they must use the first letter of the answer each time to solve the word.
Anagrams
Unscramble keywords presented to pupils at the start of the lesson. Scaffold this by providing clues.
The impact of homework on attainment
Identify a few key words or key phrases that could be used to tag your work – e.g. assessment, literacy, raising achievement Homework, homework and attainment, flipped learning, consolidation homework Why did you decide to undertake this project? What was it designed to achieve/what issue were you looking to address? The main aims of this …