Because of the way hexagons tessellate (love that word) you can group together key words or ideas and ask students to justify the connections between ideas. They are great for assessing understanding or trying to make sense of connections between ideas. I always keep a bag of hexagons handy for summarising or making sense of complex ideas. I don’t recommend buying a Hexagon cutter - they are quite expensive, the hexagons are quite small, and are fine for cutting out the odd one or two, but if you want to make more, cutters can take a while. I suggest using my hexagon template for making them in bulk. Just cut out the strips then chop off the corners.

Great resource to support student understanding of key words, phrases, numbers, equations, literary characters...etc. Students place a different key word/phrase etc from your topic in each of the 7 hexagons. In the grid below, student's explain how each word is linked to the one next to it, e.g. for “A” you would explain how the word in the centre hexagon links to the word in the top hexagon.

Twitter template for students to summarise their learning at the start, middle and end of a lesson or series of lessons. Great way to show development of learning and student understanding (especially by looking at what they use as a hashtag). A great example of a hashtag was used in a recent biology lesson about the menstrual cycle. A student added the hashtag #who_let_the_eggs_out? Genius! Enjoy, Pete Sanderson @lessontoolbox

Building on Ross McGill's 5 minute lesson plan, the EAL plan is designed to reduce planning time & focus on learning for EAL students. It includes "Model Phrases" - What do you want your EAL learners to be able to say? Please tweet me for any advice or with any questions @LessonToolbox or see my blog lessontoolbox.wordpress.com. Explanation of how it works... https://lessontoolbox.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/the-5-minute-eal-student-support-plan/

65 ideas for revising alone, with a partner, or in a group. Some revision websites and ideas for revising also included.

Digital homework menu for students to choose from a range of different ways of presenting their interpretation of the learning objectives. Editable version for you to make your own.

Starter/Plenary exit ticket-type activity which asks students to draw a picture on an instagram template about 'today’s topic' as a starter and then in a plenary to show progress within the lesson. Very popular and effective with my classes. You get some great comments which link to the learning. Enjoy :)

Starter/Plenary exit ticket-type activity which asks students to write a tweet, in 140 characters or less, about 'today’s topic'. Very popular and effective with my classes. You get some great hashtags which link to the learning. Enjoy :)

Blooms snakes and ladders blank template. Students can add questions for end of topic tests or revision. Enjoy :)

Please find attached this month's Lesson Toolbox. This is a list of non-subject specific ideas for learning in lessons. It is currently at 214 ideas. I usually send this out every month, depending on how busy I am! I hope you find them useful. For updates follow me on Twitter @Lessontoolbox. Kind regards, Pete :-)

Please find attached this month's Behaviour Toolbox. This is a list of non-subject specific ideas for managing behaviour in lessons. It is currently at 46 ideas. I usually send this out every month, depending on how busy I am. I hope you find them useful. For updates, additions or critiques please email peteslessontoolbox@hotmail.co.uk or Twitter @LessonToolbox. Thanks, Pete :-)