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What do we mean by Objective Driven Teaching?
When planning lessons it is easy to think "What activity shall I get the students to do?" or even "I have this wonderful activity, let's...
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Ideas for "Do Nows"
Broadly speaking, there are two purposes behind a great "Do Now" activity: preview or review. Personally, I am a fan of review, as this...
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Making use of my Big Whiteboards
One of the Principles of Great Teaching that I have chosen to focus on this year is Checking for Understanding. This is something that I...