Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
Before you draw: choose your idea, shapes and colors. After you draw: look back and set a goal.
Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Teach It to a Friend
The best way to learn something is to teach it. Plan a mini-lesson with a drawing, three steps and a quick quiz.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- explaining, summarizing, peer learning
What kids do
“You’re the teacher now! Plan how to teach a friend something you learned.”
- I will teach:
- A drawing that explains it
- Steps to teach it
- A quiz question to check they got it:
- After teaching, I understand it:
How to run it
- Give kids five minutes to teach a partner, then switch.
- Drawings can be diagrams, arrows or little comics.
- Ask what they noticed about their own learning.
Talk about it
- What was tricky to explain?
- Did your friend ask something you didn’t know?
- Why does teaching help you learn?
Take it further
Teach it to someone at home tonight.
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