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{{activity|Discussion}} Discuss the outcomes of your reflection as a whole class.
{{activity|Discussion}} Discuss the outcomes of your reflection as a whole class.


= Planning a lesson ... Planning a mixed pace groupwork with ICT task =
= Planning a lesson using groupwork and ICT =
{{ednote|text=Ensure that you have plenty of time for this task to be planned!


You should allow at least half an hour.
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Teachers plan in year groups.
{{activity|Plan a lesson in year groups}} Plan a lesson together in year groups (i.e. all grade 4 teachers plan a lesson for grade 4s together; grade 5 teachers together for grade 5; etc).  
Grade 4 teachers plan a lesson for grade 4s together.
* Discuss with your colleagues (from the same grade) which topics you have coming up next week, and whether some of these topics would work particularly well with groupwork and ICT.
 
* Make active use of the computers in the lab to identify digital resources together.
 
* Devise an '''open''' activity where groups have a shared goal and where outcomes may differ between groups, for a lesson you are teaching next week.
A. Planning an activity using the activity template
** Consider: How will you ensure everyone participates and everyone learns? How will you stretch all learners?
 
** What will you say to the groups to ensure this? (Make a note in your lesson template.)
* Devise an open activity where groups have a shared goal and where outcomes may differ between groups, for a lesson you are teaching next week
** '''Explicitly ask groups to make sure everyone understands the new concept or process; make it their responsibility to support each other and check this is happening.'''
* Decide group size and how you will formulate (mixed pace) groups (look back at documents from [[OER4Schools/3.2_Supporting_reasoning_and_managing_groupwork|Session 3.2]])?
* Consider whether you can assign different roles within the group.
* How will you ensure everyone participates and everyone learns? How will you stretch all learners?
* Consider how the computers will be swapped between groups, and between pupiles within a group, to ensure that there is effective access for everybody.
* '''Explicitly ask groups to make sure everyone understands the new concept or process; make it their responsibility to support each other and check this is happening.'''
* Assign different roles within the group...
 
B. Remember to keep up the '''typing tutor''' practice too!


= Homework =
= Homework =