Pupils select a card with 10 quick fire questions on it. They read the quick fire questions to their opponent. If they answer Yes or No they press a buzzer and keep the card. If they get to the end of the questions without saying Yes or No they keep the card. The player with …
Pupils are in teams and tasked to complete questions one at a time. Once the question is completed they race to the front to have it checked, if it is correct they get a gold coin (Hobby craft) and are directed to the next question. The team with the most questions completed by the end …
Age old classic game to test keywords and their meanings by ‘speedating’ around the classroom testing knowledge of key terms against another pupil. Another version Or use the word association game to revise a concept without pausing or hesitating.
Pupils have to define the keywords from the question on the card and use the clue and answers to work out how they are connected! First to guess wins!
Keyword cards appear as the pupil holds their ipad against their foreheads. 1 minute timer to ask each of the players a question (Yes/No) to decipher the key term. You can make you own deck of key terms within this app. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/heads-up/id623592465?mt=8
There are two teams. Using a 5 x 5 grid there are ‘spies’ hidden on the grid and one blac ‘assassin’. The aim is to discover their team’s spies first to win the game. If they hit the assassin they lose the game. If they hit an innocent bystander (neither a spy or an assassin, …
Pupils have to complete some short questions at the start of the lesson on either post it notes or small cards. The teacher collects them in and quickly creates two piles of correct and incorrect answers. Using a visualiser a couple of these are shared to celebrate the strong responses, whilst also celebrating the mistakes …
Plenary activity where 4 answers are displayed on the board. Pupils are asked which answer reflective of a question, for example which answer is equivalent to 320 x 100. A discussion ensues surrounding these 4 answers where the children have to decide which is a true reflection, why, and why the wrong answers are wrong. …
Provide the children with hints, tips or clues to help scaffold learning. These can be differentiated and easily written on post it notes, use QR codes or simply folded paper around the room. You will be amazed how much they want to try on their own before looking at the hint!
Give the pupils an essay or question title and a blank writing frame. Give them a limit of how many words they can use for their ‘story’/answer. They think of the important key terms and order them into an essay plan.