Lesson ideas

Try these quick student check in ideas in your class, designed in partnership with researchers and leading teachers; to help you engage, understand and improve learning outcomes for students of all ages.

Popular check ins

A selection of Ziplet's most popular lesson activities.

Daily bellringer

Warm up students at the start of class and prepare them for learning

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Relationship builder

Get to know your students with positive personal questions to help develop bonds

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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) - Self

Encourage students to reflect on what they have learned about themselves

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Learner progress

Learning climate

Social & Emotional Learning

Learner progress

Promote learner progress with questions that check comprehension, prompt reflection and support goal setting. Encouraging students to reflect on their learning can help beat the forgetting curve and identify areas for growth.

Lesson reflection exit ticket

Ask students to reflect on the lesson to determine further support

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Homework check-ins

Help students reflect on how they went with their homework

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Goal setter

Help students contextualize and plan how they will achieve positive outcomes

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Goal reflection

Help students contextualize and reflect on what they accomplished

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Formative assessment exit ticket

Check if students have understood the lesson

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Learning climate

Understand and improve the learning climate with questions designed to generate deeper student insights.

Student support check

Understand what additional support students need to progress

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End of term evaluation

Get feedback that helps improve your approach to teaching a topic or subject

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Teacher appreciation

Encourage students to reflect what they enjoy about your teaching

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Student perception check-in

Get quick insights from your students that help shape your approach

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Engagement

Build student engagement with questions that get students focused and ready for learning.

Topic starter

One or two questions to help warm a class to a new topic

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Daily bellringer

Warm up students at the start of class and prepare them for learning

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Problem-based learning

Questions to help students focus and prepare for their PBL project

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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

Support students' social and emotional learning with questions that encourage self-reflection and mindfulness, and that encourage reflection on their behaviour towards others.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) - Others

Encourage students to reflect on how they worked and learned in social settings

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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) - Self

Encourage students to reflect on what they have learned about themselves

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Wellbeing

Get insight into student well-being and obstacles to learning, helping create a safe space to speak about issues affecting their personal well-being.

Student well-being

Check how students are feeling outside the learning environment

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Relationships

Get to know and build stronger relationships with students with fun questions and ice-breakers.

Icebreakers

Warm up new students for participation in class

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Relationship builder

Get to know your students with positive personal questions to help develop bonds

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