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Course Description

The final few minutes of a lesson are an important opportunity to reinforce learning and prepare students for future success. This course explores practical strategies that help primary teachers support students to consolidate their learning, reflect on their thinking and finish every lesson with purpose.



Audience

Primary Teachers


Teaching Standards

3.3.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use teaching strategies:  Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking

5.1.2 Proficient Level - Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning - Assess student learning: Develop, select and use informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies to assess student learning




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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teaching Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 – Why Lesson Endings Matter

    • Introduction

    • Why Do Lesson Endings Matter?

    • Finishing the Activity Is Not the Same as Finishing the Learning

    • How Lesson Endings Support Every Learner

    • Why Students Remember the End of Lessons

    • Common Challenges at the End of Lessons

    • Resource: Lesson Ending Self-Assessment and Planning Tool

    • What Makes an Effective Lesson Ending?

    • Reflection Question

    • Application Activity
  • 3

    Module 2 – Consolidating Learning Before Students Leave

    • Introduction

    • What Is Consolidation?

    • Why Consolidation Matters

    • Moving Beyond "What Did We Do Today?"

    • Practical Consolidation Strategies

    • Adapting Consolidation for Different Learners

    • Resource: 30 Consolidation Prompts for Every Classroom

    • Classroom Examples

    • Reflection Question

    • Application Activity
  • 4

    Module 3 – Making Student Thinking Visible Before They Leave

    • Introduction

    • Why Student Thinking Matters

    • Classroom Strategies

    • Adapting Thinking Prompts for Different Learners

    • Classroom Case Study

    • Reflect on the Case Study

    • Looking for Patterns

    • Resource: Thinking Prompts for Purposeful Lesson Endings

    • Reflection Question

    • Application Activity
  • 5

    Module 4 – Ending Well and Looking Ahead

    • Introduction

    • Why Routines Matter

    • Ending Lessons on a Positive Note

    • Looking Ahead

    • Classroom Strategies

    • Classroom Case Study

    • Reflect on the Case Study

    • Resource: Purposeful Lesson Ending Toolkit

    • Application Activity

    • Final Reflection

    • Wrap Up

    • Reference List
  • 6

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

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