Do  Nows / Warm-ups

Type 1: Using accessible content to introduce a new concept/skill

If the main goal of your lesson is introducing students to a new concept (e.g. Trophic levels in Biology, bias in social studies, or various types/definitions of love in an ELA class that is reading Romeo and Juliet) consider using accessible content like images, short scenarios or quotes, or videos about current life to prompt students to begin engaging with this the new idea.

Some activities that work for this type of activity are:

See-think-wonder or Notice-Wonder-Reminds

Four corners (seated adaptation)

Small scenarios with questions (see example in slides)

Engaging Videos

Here are some examples from different types of classes:

Type 3: Content review with familiar skills practice.

If you want to do a quick check of how well students remember what they were supposed to have learned in previous lessons and reinforce a skill you have recently taught, here are some examples that might give you some inspiration.

Type 5: Mini-Quiz

If your students tend to "come in hot" and enter your room with an excessive amount of energy, you might want to consider making one of the type 3 or 4 activities into an "entry quiz" to set a more serious tone at the beginning of class. Here are some examples:

Example 1

Example 2