An organising technique and resource for discussion. Good for revision, for practising retrieval and for deepening thinking. (Good for all ages, too.) Step 1 Using sharp scissors, cut up some mini-whiteboards to make a set of unique, four-piece jigsaws, like this. (This is surprisingly quick and easy to do, and oddly satisfying.) You now have... Continue Reading →
Questions to ask pupils when reading, based on Michael Rosen’s ‘matrix’ of comments
Michael Rosen recently published a 'matrix' of different types of comments which children make about the texts they are reading: I have had a go at composing typical 'trigger questions' for each type of comment, for use in training. Click here or on the image above to download the questions as a Word document.
James Durran 