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comprehension strategies e.g. by asking
the children to sequence, retell, analyse,
summarise and so on.
2. Think-pair-share-square
This is similar to the above activity, except that at the end, each pair joins up with another
pair, and they share their learning/ideas.
3. Two minute recap
At the end of a lesson/activity, ask the children to turn to a partner and tell his/her as much
as s/he can remember about the lesson in two minutes. The teacher times the activity, and
after two minutes, signals it is time to change roles. The second person now takes two
minutes to tell as much as s/he can remember about the lesson/activity.
4. Two minute papers
Give the children two minutes to summarise the most important
points that they have
learned in the lesson. Alternatively, they could write about their favourite part of the lesson.
Then, using a ‘turn-pair-share’ strategy, they turn to a partner, read their paper, and answer
any questions. Roles are then reversed.
5. Doodle it!
At the end of a lesson/activity, the teacher asks the children to illustrate their response to the
lesson. After a short period of time, the class is divided into pairs/triads/quads. Each child
shows his doodled response to the other children, and explains the illustration.
Always model a strategy before getting the children to do it.
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6. Question and answer pairs
When the lesson is finished, the children divide into pairs. Each takes a minute to think of a
question, based on the lesson. The aim is to try to ‘stump’ the other. Then the roles are
reversed.
7. The jigsaw technique
This technique can be used whenever the material to be learned can be divided into
segments, and where no one segment must be taught before the other. An example of this
might be where the class are studying the world’s different climates. The teacher prioritises
four climates ; Tundra, Tropical, Mediterranean and Equatorial.
The procedure is as follows:
• The class is divided into study groups, for example in fours, and each child is
numbered 1,2, 3 or 4.
• The learning material is divided into 4 segments, and each child is given a segment,
in this case a different type of climate.
• Each child studies their allocated material (climate)
• The children now form ‘expert groups’ – all the 1s come together, all the 2s and so
on.
• The expert groups discuss their learning, and agree on the main points of their
material (climate) to be learned.
• Each child now returns to his home group, and ‘teaches’ the home group about the
climate that s/he studied.
This technique is useful because it offers structure to investigative learning, demands
individual responsibility and stresses co-operation rather than competition.
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