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Learning Grids Linking to Learn

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Using learning grids

to engage learners

Vivien Spencer Tel: 666 5256

Advisory Teacher for Assessment

vivspencer@wirral.gov.uk

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Flow

(noun) moments when time

disappears as you completely

lose yourself in the activity

you’re engaged in. Minutes

become hours, hours become

days. You become so focused

and energised that distractions

cannot enter your thoughts.

Such activity is highly pleasurable.

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Anxiety

Boredom

Flow

Apathy

Ch

allen

ge

Learning attitudes & skills

Low High

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The foundations of ‘flow’

1. Tasks are appropriately challenging

2. Teacher input is minimal

3. Children have the necessary learning

skills

4. Goals are clear and worthwhile

5. Feedback is immediate

6. Tasks are intrinsically motivating

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What is a learning grid?

The activity itself involves a grid of squares and

the axes are numbered (like co-ordinates)

In each square there is a word/image/calculation

– they are all connected by a theme/topic

Each pair will need a dice

Writing a suspense story

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1 2 3 4 5

1

2

Today

3

Yesterday

4

Tomorrow 5

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Motivational triggers

Randomness of the dice

Challenge as forced to think about how they will

incorporate the information from the grid

Make real choices

Use their imagination

Get into deep states of ‘flow’

Naturally pushes learners up the levels of

Bloom’s/Solo ie pupils apply their knowledge to

different contexts. Move from surface to deep

learning

Solo level Verbs

Uni-structural Define, identify, name, draw, find, label,

match, follow a simple procedure

Multi-structural Describe, list, outline, complete, continue,

combine

Relational Sequence, classify, compare & contrast,

explain (cause&effect), analyse, form an

analogy, organise, distinguish, question,

relate, apply

Extended abstract Generalise, predict, evaluate, reflect,

hypothesise, theorise, create, prove,

justify, argue, compose, prioritise, design,

construct, perform

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Could pupils achieve outcomes that

meet the objective at different levels?

LO: To explore similarities and differences between 2D

shapes

I can

DESCRIBE the

shapes and

notice the

similarities and

differences

between them

I can

COMPARE and

CONTRAST

the shapes

using

mathematical

vocabulary

I can JUSTIFY

my decision as

to why some

shapes are

regular and

some irregular

by saying why

Lines of

symmetry regular

parallel irregular

regular

Right

angle

perpendicular

Right

angle

irregular

perpendicular

1 2 3 4 65

1

2

3

4

5

6

Roman Britain

toga legion

amphora

coins Chester

mosaics Emperor

villa aqueduct

hypocaust cohort

1 2 3 4 5

1

2

3

4

5

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Could pupils achieve outcomes that

meet the objective at different levels?

LO: I know what life in Roman Britain was like and how life

is different today

I can

DESCRIBE the

word/picture in

the cell and

say what it is.

I can

COMPARE the

object with

what is used

today.

I can

REFLECT on

life in Roman

times and the

Roman legacy

in Britain.

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Practising a skill

Pupils need to practise skills to achieve

mastery

By embedding these tasks and skills into a

learning grid the amount of repetition is

disguised

The more engaging for pupils the better!

2 x 4 48 ÷ 4 12 ÷ 4 8 x 4 8 ÷ ? = 2 36 ÷ 4

36 = ? x 4 3 x 4

Write out

your 4x

tables

What is ¼ of

24? 6 x 4 ¾ of 16?

¾ of 32? 28 ÷ 4 11 x 4 8 ÷ 4

28 grapes and

4 children.

How many

grapes each?

4 ÷ 1

9 x 4 4 x ? = 32

32 children in a

class are split

into groups of

4. How many

groups?

4 x 4What is ¼ of

12? 10 x 4

16 = 4 x ? 5 x 4 24 ÷ 4 44÷4 16÷4 40 ÷ 4

32 ÷ 4 4 x ? = 24 12 x 4

Apples cost 4p

each. How

much would 9

cost?

7 x 4

Can you find

one quarter of

100?

1 2 3 4 65

1

2

3

4

5

6

Developing fluency in x4 table

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Why use learning grids with your class?

Fun, engaging, challenging!

Encourage children to make links between different areas within a topic

Encourage children to apply their knowledge and use subject specific vocabulary

Allow children to work collaboratively and learn from each other

Easily adaptable

Excellent reviewing and revisionstrategy

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Can you see opportunities for using learning

grids in your classroom?

Which subjects lend themselves more readily

to learning grids?

How will they inform your assessment?