6 cooperative learning, student led teaching resources that require very little advanced preparation. Print off and prepare a class set so they are ready to go in your classroom for whenever you need them.

Ready made cards that encourage your students to think and discuss. Used as starters, plenaries or as a wall display for students to enjoy as an extension activity.

A set of 16 unique ready-made challenge cards that you can use to stretch your students thinking once they have finished their other tasks. These challenge cards aim to encourage independence, encourage deeper thinking, encourage students to make links between topics/learning and ultimately save you planning time. If a student finishes a task, simply reach for a challenge card and let them explore. All you need to do is print off a set of challenge cards, cut them out and laminate them. Keep them somewhere handy in the classroom when a student is ready, you can quickly give them a challenge card to complete. The challenge cards can be used with any subject and any year group. What’s not to love!!

From starters, plenaries, revision activities and cooperative learning…this bundle of 20 teaching resources has you covered for the teaching year. Download and prepare enough copies for your students and have them ready to go in your classroom so whenever you need an activity, you’re ready! This will save you so much planning time and ensure your valuable time can be spent focusing on the students rather than preparing resources. This bundle will also help your teaching stay varied as you can simply choose a different activity each class/week. Since the resources are generic (non subject specific) they are suitable for all subjects. They have been created with Secondary teaching in mind, but could also be useful for junior Primary and further education teaching. If you are looking for some free advice on how to use the resources in your classroom, you are welcome to email me at gradeaclassroom1056@gmail.com or find my account on instagram, gradeaclassroom.

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This resources contains 24 ideas on what your students could do to help them prepare useful revision resources. These can be used and modified with any year group and subject. Each classroom could have a class set displayed on the wall or laminated cards for students to select.

An interactive wall display that can be used in all lesson whereby students can actively show progress throughout the whole lesson.

This resource is full of quick, easy to implement starters. Whenever your mind goes blank, hopefully this will give you some inspiration!

These structures are based on Kagan. Great activities to implement into any lesson to increase pupil engagement and interaction.