Closure
Definition:
The last 5-7 minute chunk of instruction that provides an opportunity for students communicate their learning from that day.
Best Practice
- All students contribute to show understanding and learning, demonstrating their thinking verbally, physically or in written format.
- Connects to the learning goal(s) and reinforces the relevance of the learning.
- Explicit connection to future instruction.
- Completed in each class, despite the lesson’s stopping point.
Examples:
3-2-1, Two-Dollar Summary, Tweet, Elevator Speech, Quick-Write, Collaborative Structure, One-Sentence Summary, Ticket Out-The-Door, “The Important Thing About..”, Mini Quizzes, “Reflective Beach Ball”. TILT (Today I learned to…)