Time Review
The Similie
Cognitive Cartoons
Recall of Key Words
Unusual Greeting
Greet the pupils at the door in a different way e.g. mind reading trick linked to probability, a history teacher gives out propaganda leaflets as the pupils enter.
Powerful PowerPoint
Have a series of scrolling images on a PowerPoint relating to the lesson or unit. The learners then identify additional images that could support the presentation or indentify the link or theme between them.
Imagination
The pupils are provided with a hypothetical situation and then describe their experience e.g. a world without transport.
Scrambled Words
Provide the pupils with a list of key vocabulary. They are to rearrange the letters to form the word. They could then define the word.
What a ranker!
Pupils are to rank statements relating to the theme they are studying and justify their choice.
Touchy Feely
Place an artifact relating to the theme of the lesson into a bag. Ask the pupils to place their hand in the bad as they enter the room. They are to try to work out what it is, how it links to the lesson and justify other related items that could go in the bag.
Bell Work Ideas
A PowerPoint presentation demonstrating the key principles of lesson starters and a range of simple and practical ideas for bell work
Bell Work Ideas
Adapted from Accelerated Learning - A User's Guide
Word Mats
Industrial Revolution
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