Reflective learners template

Put up an A3 size poster with 4 sections.

Give each students 2 post-it notes to write their views for 2 of the sections.

Students are seated / standing and you pass a soft ball to one of them. This student gives one main idea from the lesson. The student then passes the ball to a 2nd student who has to state a different main idea and pass the ball to the 3rd student.

Once a student has taken part, he/she sits down and cannot be passed the ball again. This continues until you think that all the main points of the lesson have been given.

On the board, write 3 statements, questions or answers about the lesson topic. 2 are correct and 1 is wrong.

Ask students to tell you which one is the fib and get them to explain why?

Students fill in an exit ticket with 3 things they learn, 2 things they want to find out more and 1 thing they enjoyed from the lesson.

Students write what they think the learning intention for the lesson should be for the next time you teach the same lesson or for their next lesson.

Students share a snippet of their writing which illustrates the topic of the lesson.

One student summarizes what the whole class learned during the lesson. You can select this student at the start or end of the lesson randomly (e.g. by using ice-cream sticks, name card or other method)

Students work together in groups to write one good question for the class to answer on mini whiteboards.

At the end of the lesson, one group asks the other students their question and answers are written and held up on whiteboards. The group then respond to the answers. If there is enough time, other groups ask their question.