<p>The ‘Must Should Could’ (MSC) grids provide a method of scaffolding success criteria and differentiation for pupils, similar to the ‘chilli challenge’ grids. They are designed to give students a degree of choice over the activities they complete and therefore take more ownership of their own learning, which hopefully then allows work to be more closely matched with each student’s ability.</p> <p>I have designed these based on the new areas of learning and experiences (AOLEs) from the Welsh curriculum, but they can be easily adapted to suit any curriculum. The templates are fully editable and will be delivered via PowerPoint. The AOLE titles are available on each page, so they can be added next to the MSC titles in the grids to demonstrate cross-curricular links in the lesson. The grids include an area to pre-populate the learning objective or ‘I can…’ statement, an area to explain the activity overview, as well as an extension task. Each success criteria also has an assessment check-box which is colour-coded for teacher, self or peer assessment.</p> <p>Peter Anstee, author of the differentiation pocketbook explains that ‘if students are given a choice, they challenge themselves more than teachers do’.</p> <p>‘Must Should Could’ grids are a very simple, but effective concept whereby teachers provide a ‘menu’ of activities or skills. The ‘Must’ section should be activities/skills which all pupils must complete, whereas the ‘Should’ section are activities/skills which most pupils should be able to complete, and the ‘Could’ section are the most challenging aspects of the L.O. For example, a ‘Must’ choice may be as simple as asking students to recall basic information, whereas a ‘Could’ choice could be an activity that requires students to evaluate or something even more advanced.</p> <p>Students then ‘choose’ their option. More often than not, students will choose an option that provides them with a degree of challenge. Teachers can also direct students to a menu choice and then encourage students to work their way up through the different skill levels.</p> <p>Using the PowerPoint is simple. Simply enter the information in the text boxes. Cells can be easily split or additional rows can be easily inserted if you want to add more/less success criteria. The PowerPoint can then either be shown on the board or saved as a PDF and handed out to students within a lesson or for homework.</p>

<p>This Minecraft rubric is based on creating a model heart in Minecraft to demonstrate the circulatory system. The rubric provides a method of scaffolding success criteria and differentiation for pupils. It is designed to give students more ownership of their learning, which should allow pupils to develop their independence, as well as provide them with clarity for how to develop their project against each cross-curricular area.</p> <p>I have designed this rubric based on the new areas of learning and experiences (AOLEs) from the Welsh curriculum, but it can be easily adapted to suit any curriculum. The template is fully editable and will be delivered via PowerPoint. All AOLE titles are available on the outer part of the page if you want to create additional rows to demonstrate further cross-curricular links in the lesson. The grids include an area for the learning objective or ‘I can…’ statement and an area to explain the activity overview. Each success criteria also has an assessment check-box which is colour-coded for teacher, self or peer assessment. The template includes an area where pupils can cut/paste a QR code from Flipgrid of them giving a tour of their completed build, as well as an area for teachers to provide oral feedback linked to a QR code (as this is fully editable, you can easily merge these cells if you don’t want this feature).</p> <p>Using the PowerPoint is simple. Simply edit the information in the text boxes, or use the grid and information as it is. Cells can be easily split or additional rows can be easily inserted if you want to add more/less success criteria. The PowerPoint can then either be shown on the board or saved as a PDF and handed out to students within a lesson or for homework.</p>

I would just like to share with you the medium term plan we created for our Year 3/4 class with ideas for an 'Angry Birds&' theme, as well as our webpage which shows examples of the children&';s work via video, powerpoint, images, etc. This game is so popular with children at the moment, we thought it would be too good an opportunity to miss. The plan has mapped out some ideas where we could link this to the curriculum areas and various skills, whilst ensuring that we deliver a topic that will keep the children engaged.