As I say in the presentation, this is a reminder that Rosenshine’s principles are not: A list of things to include in all planning. The silver bullet that will solve all issues. They are however useful to help support your current teaching methods. They could […]
Yesterday I did something that I didn’t think was particularly innovative or interesting. But when I posted them I got lots of comments and messages asking how I did them. So, I’ll be honest, most of what I did is already explained on The Positive […]
Recently I wrote about my work with retrieval practice, how it was going and what I was going to need to change. I mentioned some names of other teachers whose ideas I have seen on Twitter and Facebook and that I planned to integrate those […]
Last week I found out about Gimkit, gave it a go right away and have really enjoyed using it – bonus is that the kids love it too. Now, given that I also rather like Quizlet live, Socrative, Quizizz and Plickers it might seem that […]
At the start of this year I took over a year 11 class at my new school. Year 11 is a tough time to take over a class and after their mocks I quickly realised that they’d forgotten so much of what they’ve learned so […]
This week I asked the #MFLtwitterati for their suggestions of starter activities that use retrieval practice, and as usual they did not disappoint. I had lots and lots of responses and the pictures that follow are all inspired by those replies. Some of these templates […]
