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Category: Closing the Gap

Reading for lower ability learners 

On November 3, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, English, Literacy, UncategorizedLeave a comment

http://thatboycanteach.blogspot.com/2017/09/meeting-needs-of-lower-attainers-in.html

Voice 21 and developing oracy

On November 1, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, LiteracyLeave a comment

I visited School 21 and it is amazing how developed the students’ oracy is. Here is a link to resources and it is free to sign up. Well worth it…

https://www.voice21resources.org/

Nice idea for redrafting and class discussion

On November 1, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

From Doug Lemov

http://teachlikeachampion.com/blog/front-writing-discussion-template-feedback-got/

What is coaching?

On October 30, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the Gap, Growth Mindset, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Questioning

On October 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Art, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, English, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

Questioning for Confirmation… and then Challenge

Mini whiteboard jigsaws

On October 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

What a great idea!

Mini-whiteboard jigsaws

Closing the gender gap – improving boys achievement 

On October 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn Closing the GapLeave a comment

“Think back to the start of your career; I’d like you to write down three of the boys’ engagement strategies that you were given. Let’s see if they match with mine. We’ll come back to these later”……

Rethinking Boys’ Engagement – My talk from #TLLLeeds17

Working memory

On October 29, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, Marking and Feedback, ResearchLeave a comment

This booklet provides an introduction to working memory and the role it plays in everyday life, especially in supporting learning in school. The learning difficulties commonly faced by children with very poor working memory skills are described, and are illustrated with case studies.

Click to access WM-classroom-guide.pdf

Classroom techniques that really work

On October 28, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Growth Mindset, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/oct/27/teachers-your-guide-to-learning-strategies-that-really-work

Teacher talk 

On October 22, 2017 By Every day is a school dayIn AfL, Closing the Gap, Differentiation, Marking and FeedbackLeave a comment

Good Teachers Talk: Better Teachers Listen

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