Starters and plenaries
With this extensive collection of starters and plenaries, from games and challenges to exit tickets and question generators, you can reinvigorate your lesson planning and ensure that you have checked your students' progress and consolidated their learning.
Starters
Get lessons off to a flying start and engage students with this exciting collection of starter ideas including register re-caps, brain training, bingo, code breakers and bell ringer ideas.
LESSON STARTERS TICKETS!!!
During my PGCE it was drilled into us- the importance of a strong start to a lesson. I found the majority of the starters I used had been student lead and in turn made for extremely high levels of engagement, as the children often had more subject knowledge than I would have known had I opened with ...
Register Recaps - Lesson Starter Activities
**5 Great lesson starter activities that can be adapted for ANY subject or curriculum. Activities are fun and focus on pupil choice for theory and literacy recap!** Download the PowerPoint to use or adapt to suit your subject area. Brightly coloured with a simple layout: 1) Knowledge Wheel: Studen...
Starters
This lesson Starter Generator perfect for back to school. This can be used as a distance learning tool with a great range of mini activities for a zoom or Teams session. Check out our Plenary Generator here. These are the perfect pair of resources to have in ANY lesson! This is a fully INTE...
English Games
A PowerPoint presentation of various English games suitable for KS2, KS3 and KS4. Can be used as starters/plenaries or lengthened out to make a lesson out of. Please leave a review to let me know whether you have found this resource useful :-)
50 Short Literacy Tasks / Starters
This PowerPoint contains 50 short activities based around punctuation, grammar and spelling. This includes: * Word sorting * Spelling rules * Plurals * Tenses * Punctuation * Sentence structure * Much more! Perfect for lower ability, SEN, EAL or intervention group and could also be used as a ban...
Boggle puzzle
This resource includes 20 different 3x3 Boggle puzzles, one per Powerpoint slide with instructions for students on how to play and how to earn points as well as some suggested solutions for teachers underneath each slide (viewable when not in present mode). This activity is perfect to use as either...
Codebreakers template
A blank template that can be used to create codebreakers. A great way to introduce key words or teachings. Works well as a challenge to see who can crack the code first.
Over 100 KS2 New Curriculum Morning Starters
A PowerPoint with starters suitable for KS2. Starters based on riddles, maths and English questions. Number, logic, problem solving, grammar questions. Based on the New Curriculum. These can be used daily during registration or as starters before lessons. These can be worked out ...
Starter and Plenary T&L
11 Page Activity Booklet containing a variety of different classroom-ready settling activities, student work sheets that will enthuse and engage students, and ensure they get the most from their studies. FUN/C8F/TL/01 Perfect for settling students or recapping the learning or even as a plenary at t...
Word Wheel Challenge / Competition
I use this with my form group once a week. Get them in pairs and make a competition for class dojo points. Can be used for students learning to read or write, and also to expand vocabulary by picking up on words that other students have made. It's really easy to edit. You can even add more...
Vocabulary Builder Lesson Starters
These lesson starters were made for a Higher class who struggled with the vocabulary used in Higher Reading for UAE/Close Reading papers Each PPT has six words with jumbled meanings and the right answers on the following slide
100 punctuation and grammar starters
PPt containing 100 grammar and punctuation activities with accompanying answers. Useful for starters at KS3 or for KS2 SATs SPAG practice.
Plenaries
Consolidate learning and finish lessons in style using this fun and engaging selection of plenary ideas including plenary dice, treasure hunt, team games, quizzes and much more.
Treasure Hunt Plenary Game
A fun plenary or starter game for any subject or topic that doesn't need any preparation. On each slide there are 16 squares with five treasures hidden behind them. Students answer a question and if they get it right they choose a square and get a point/sweet/sticker if they find a treasure. There...
Plenary Ideas
Quickly assess pupils' learning through this range of plenary ideas. These can easily be displayed on an interactive whiteboard at the end of a lesson.
Exit Ticket - One thing i thought about today
An exit ticket sheet asking one thing that i thought about today but had not considered before - Ideal for PSHE, Citizenship or Religious Education lessons. 4 tickets per sheet. For **FREE** tutorial resources as well as support and guidance on making the most out of form / tutorial time sessio...
Plenary cards
These plenary cards have been made to help with formative assessment at the end of a lesson, task or day to consolidate and build upon what your learners have learned. These can be chosen at random, or you can allow a learner to choose what type of formative assessment the class will have for that day!
Plenary Triangle
Print two to a page and you have a ready-to-go plenary for any lesson Learners write down three things they learnt in the lesson, two ways they learnt it (what task taught them the knowledge - metacognition) and one thing they knew before the lesson that helped them (skills or knowledge based). The...
Exit Pass Plenary Card - Traffic Lights
An easy to use exit pass that gets the children to self-evaluate their understanding and frame things in a way of how to improve for next time. Clear instructions present on card. These look best when printed on coloured paper. Different plenary card designs and ideas available on my store as well.
Times Tables Bingo
Creates a complete times tables bingo game (2x to 12x). Generates a list of random questions and a set of 33 bingo cards randomised each time. UPDATED: Now ensures no repeated numbers in the cards or in the answers to questions.
Reveal the Picture Powerpoint Template
A template for a reveal game. Students pick a number that they want to see behind, and you click. A good warmer to check last week's vocabulary. All you need to do is add the pictures and send them to the back - simple.