endings mathematics lessons
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Ideas for ending your Mathematics lessons.TRANSCRIPT
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Endings…. for your lessons
Colleen Young
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What makes a good ending to a lesson?
Haveyouplannedtheendofyourlessonto:
Helpyouconfirmthatlearninghastakenplace?
Identifyanymisconceptions?
Helpyoudecidewhatyouandyourstudentsneedtodo
next?
What was important?
What do you want to stick?
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On the following slides, images and/or text provide hyperlinks to the resources
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Planforlessonendingsthatwillhelpyouassesswhatyourstudentshavelearned.Theideasandresourcesherewillhopefullyhelpyoudojustthat.
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What makes a good lesson ending?
Resources Vocabulary Questions – Resources
Mini-Tests(Self-Checks)
Here’s the diagram…What’s the question?
Spot the Mistake HomeworkHints and Resources
Over to the students
Endings as beginnings
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Essex Maths Team50 Ideas& 50 More
4 Summarise topic in 5 sentences – reduce to
5 words – reduce to one word
5 60 second challenge – sum up knowledge of
text, or write down all the words you can think
of to describe…
18 Take one minute to compose two
statements in your head to explain what we
have learnt and how we have learnt it
See 50 Ideas for Plenaries – Essex Maths team and
Another 50 ideas for plenaries
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The Plenary ProducerMike Gershon
4 Summarise topic in 5 sentences – reduce to
5 words – reduce to one word
5 60 second challenge – sum up knowledge of
text, or write down all the words you can think
of to describe…
18 Take one minute to compose two
statements in your head to explain what we
have learnt and how we have learnt it
On TES Resources
The Plenary Producer
130 suggestions for any subject!
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TES ResourcesExit Tickets
TeachIt Maths (allpdfsarefreeifyouregisterforthissite)havea collection of starters and plenaries.
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Vocabulary
Sum up the key notation and vocabulary from the lesson.
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Questions
DiagnosticQuestionsfromCraigBarton
andSimonWoodheadareexcellentas
notonlydotheyallowyoutocheck
learning,theycanalsoreveal
misconceptions.
Whynotaskthestudentstowritetheir
owndiagnosticquestion?
DavidWatkinshasprovidedan
extensive,easilysearchablecollection
ofExcelMathematicsworksheetson
dynamicmaths.co.uk.Theseworksheets
canbecustomisedtosuitaparticular
class.Aswellasaclassactivity,these
couldmakeexcellent startersor
plenaries,
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Mini-Tests
Tryinganexamquestionandthenchecking/
discussingthemarkschemecanbeaveryappropriate
lessonending.Oryoumightwanttohaveaslightly
longerending,withtheallimportantideaofmaking things stick andgivethema mini-test
. Reading Make it Stick (TheScienceofSuccessful
Learning)whichdiscussestheuseoftestingasa
learningtoolconvincesmeevenmorethat mini-tests
areagoodidea!Studentsneedtorecallinformation
andtheevidencesuggeststhattestingisabetterway
ofdoingthisthansimplyrereadingmaterial,amethod
oftenfavouredbystudents.Studentslikethealternative
name‘Self-checks’whichIhopehelpsthemrealise
theyareastheauthorssuggestalearning tool, not something to be stressed by.
“exercise in
repeatedly
recalling a thing
strengthens the
memory.”
Aristotle
Making it stick
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Here’s the diagram……
Haveyouplannedtheendofyourlessonto:
Helpyouconfirmthatlearninghastakenplace?
Identifyanymisconceptions?
Provideadiagram,studentswriteaquestion
…andamarkscheme.
Furtherresources
What‘s the question?
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Spot the Mistake
Agreatwaytogetstudentsthinkingaboutmistakes
and misconceptions andhencedeepentheir
understandingoftopicsistohavethemmarkthework
ofothers.Therearesomegreatresourceshosted
on TES.
SpottheMistakeResources
MisconceptionsinMathematics
Can your students identify common errors?
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Homework
Youmaywanttousetheendofalesson
tomakesurestudentsareclearontheir
homeworktaskortasks.Youcould
perhapsletthemstarthomework.
Whynotshowthemanyresourcessuch
asWolframAlphaortheDesmos
Graphingcalculatororperhapssomeof
theothercalculatorsheretheycould
usetochecktheirwork?
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Over to the students
Perhapshandovertoastudentorstudentsto
summarisethemainpointsofthelesson.Thiscouldbe
plannedaheadifyouwish.
Foranovelplenary–planaheadwithastudent–let
themknowtheywillbegivingavoteofthanksforthe
lesson!Thiscanincludewhathasbeenlearnedand
refertoanymembersoftheclass,perhapscomment
onsomeonewhoaskedagreatquestionforexample.
Thiscanworkreallywellandthelessonmaywellend
witheverybodyclapping!
Thank You!
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Endings as beginnings
Whynotendthelessonbyexplainingwhatyouwish
themtostartworkingontheminutetheycomeintothe
roomforthenextlesson.
Onthesubjectofcalmstartstolessons
..seeBellWork
Andsomanystartersalsomakegoodendings!
What next?
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Colleen Young
https://twitter.com/ColleenYoung
Mathematics, Learning & Technology
Mathematics for Students