Homework Menu for Holes by Louis Sachar. Students choose one starter, one main course and one dessert from the selection of tasks, to be completed within half a term (or whenever you want, just change it on the sheet) Created by an great English teacher in my school.

Homework Menu for Homework menu for Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Students choose one starter, one main course and one dessert from the selection of tasks, to be completed within half a term (or whenever you want, just change it on the sheet) Created by a great English teacher in my school.

Dice template so you can set games for cover lessons without worrying about lost dice. Enjoy :)

Here are some of my marking sticker templates. Feel free to change them and make them your own. Instructions for which sticker sheets to use and how to print are included. You can use them with teacher, peer, self or group marking strategies... Happy Marking :-)

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 :-)

A2 Biology Respiration - written as a list of reactions and then again as a silly story for students to draw as a cartoon or just memorise. Using this technique I have had students be able to memorise and then recite every part of respiration from glycolysis to the electron transport chain under an hour. It takes a bit of a leap of faith to try it, but it has worked well for me. Let me know if you need any help. Pete

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 :)

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.

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 Student Revision Toolbox. This is a list of non-subject specific ideas for student revision. It is currently at 67 ideas. I usually send this out every month, depending on how busy I am! I hope you find them useful Pete :-)

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 :)

A learning progression mat for students on non-Ohmic Resistance. A bit like a lesson plan for students to follow to encourage independent learning. Includes lesson objectives, success criteria, key words, choice of activities, resources etc. Editable .ppt version or .JPEG

Lesson plan which includes benchmarking (finding out what students know on a topic at the start), reflection and SMSC.

Literacy and numeracy activity that involves students using scrabble letters to add up the scores of key words from the lesson. Can be use as a competition in teams or individually. Idea magpied from @ASTSupportAAli on twitter

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 204. I usually send this out every month, depending on how busy I am! I hope you find them useful Pete :-)

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 228 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 :-)

A learning progression mat for students on Atomic Structure. A bit like a lesson plan for students to follow to encourage independent learning. Includes lesson objectives, success criteria, key words, choice of activities, resources etc. Editable .ppt version or .JPEG

Designed to reduce planning time & focus on strategies to support EAL learners.

A learning progression mat for students on Atomic Structure. A bit like a lesson plan for students to follow to encourage independent learning. Includes lesson objectives, success criteria, key words, choice of activities, resources etc. Editable .ppt version or .JPEG

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/