Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
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Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Clear or Cloudy?
At the end of a lesson, sort what’s clear to you and what’s still cloudy, and write the question that would clear it up.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- self-assessment, metacognition, asking for help
What kids do
“What do you get? What’s still foggy?”
- Today’s lesson was about:
- Clear: I get it!
- Cloudy: still confusing
- A question that would clear the clouds:
- Overall, I feel:
How to run it
- Use as an exit ticket in the last five minutes.
- Sort the cloudy questions to plan tomorrow’s warm-up.
- Cloudy is good information, not a bad grade.
Talk about it
- What made the clear part click?
- Who could help with the cloudy part?
- Is it okay to be cloudy?
Take it further
Come back tomorrow and check if your cloud cleared.
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