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This clip shows Eness, a teacher in a community school near Lusaka interacting with a Grade 3 class. Watch the clip of her class discussion about Is a bat a bird? | This clip shows Eness, a teacher in a community school near Lusaka interacting with a Grade 3 class. Watch the clip of her class discussion about Is a bat a bird? | ||
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== Activity Four: Engaging your pupils == | == Activity Four: Engaging your pupils == | ||
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You can download this video [http:// introducing area here]. | You can download this video [http:// introducing area here]. | ||
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After this, the pupils worked in groups using Geogebra software on netbook computers to explore the relationship between area and perimeter. Watch the following clip of one of the final group presentations to the class, where two girls explain what they learned. | After this, the pupils worked in groups using Geogebra software on netbook computers to explore the relationship between area and perimeter. Watch the following clip of one of the final group presentations to the class, where two girls explain what they learned. | ||
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= Practical activity: Developing my practice = | = Practical activity: Developing my practice = | ||
{{activity|small group work}} To help you structure your planning, we provide an activity template. Working in pairs or small groups, and using the [[OER4Schools/activity_template|activity template]], '''plan a brainstorm activity''' that could be part of a lesson you might teach in your subject area. For the brainstorm consider: | {{activity|small group work}} To help you structure your planning, we provide an activity template. Working in pairs or small groups, and using the [[OER4Schools/activity_template|activity template]], '''plan a brainstorm activity''' that could be part of a lesson you might teach in your subject area. For the brainstorm consider: | ||
* What do I need to know about students’ knowledge or understanding of the topic? What will I ask them to brainstorm? | * What do I need to know about students’ knowledge or understanding of the topic? What will I ask them to brainstorm? | ||
* What will I do with the results? How will we build on that in the rest of the lesson? | * What will I do with the results? How will we build on that in the rest of the lesson? | ||
The activity template includes the following sections: | The activity template includes the following sections: | ||
* the grade, | * the grade, | ||
* the | * the lesson topic (eg “animals found in your environment”), | ||
* what the (learning) objective of the activity is (e.g. to find out what students already know about topic X), | * what the (learning) objective of the activity is (e.g. to find out what students already know about topic X), | ||
* how is the activity carried out plus questions to ask the learners. | |||
* how is the activity carried out. | |||
On the template, | On the template, list some open and deep questions to ask in the class in order to challenge learners and get them thinking! Try out some of the ideas you have learned about today, and draw on the separate handout “Questions you can ask in class” and handout listing the 10 strategies for selecting learners. Record specific questions on the template. | ||
{{oinc|OER4Schools/activity template}} | {{oinc|OER4Schools/brainstorm activity template}} | ||
