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Here you'll find real lessons and short clips from real classrooms, often with the teacher or a coach explaining what they did and why. Every entry links to the original.
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Explicit instruction 39Retrieval, spacing and review 16Checking for understanding and responsive teaching 27Classroom culture, routines and attention 28Participation and opportunities to respond 25Feedback and practice 13
Lesson footage
Anita Archer (explicitinstruction.org) · Primary · USA
Anita Archer models explicit instruction in a primary classroom.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Year 3 · UK
Retrieval practice for younger pupils in Year 3 science, using cues and questioning.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · Primary · Australia
Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain look inside the classroom of Queensland primary teacher Rebecca Sloots, unpacking how she checks for understanding and for quality, and how explicit teaching applies in the humanities.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Oral language 9Phonological and phonemic awareness 8Phonics 16Reading fluency 6Vocabulary 5Reading comprehension and text study 7Spelling and morphology 2Handwriting and transcription 2Writing 19Frameworks and research behind literacy 1
Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · 2024 · UK
Classroom footage from Goldsmith Primary Academy in Walsall of a teacher checking what students have understood during reading, with notes on the details that make it work.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Year 5 · UK
Scaffolding pupil talk in a Year 5 classroom.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson footage
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
Six short classroom clips, most from Atlanta schools. Teachers lead spoken blending and segmenting games, and a kindergarten teacher builds words with letters and blends the sounds to read them.
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Explicit teaching in maths 15Fluency, number facts and daily review 7Representations and problem solving 5Number, multiplication and fractions 11
Lesson footage
The IRIS Center Video Collection · Primary · USA
A primary school example of explicit, systematic instruction in maths, from the IRIS Center's video collection in the United States.
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · 2024 · UK
The opening of a primary maths lesson at Rivers Primary Academy in Walsall, where retrieval questions and well-run response routines get every student recalling earlier content.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
Lesson footage
NCETM · Upper primary · UK
Lesson videos using the bar model and double number line to support reasoning and problem solving.
FreeOpens at ncetm.org.uk
More topics on this shelf:How learning works 4Knowledge-rich curriculum 3MTSS and assessment 8Coaching and professional learning 3Leadership and culture 6Implementation and change 1
Lesson with commentary
Research Schools Network · Primary · UK
A teacher and pupils reflect on how learning happens in a primary classroom.
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Lesson footage
Anita Archer (explicitinstruction.org) · Primary · USA
Anita Archer models explicit instruction in a primary classroom.
Explicit instructionParticipation and opportunities to respond
FreeOpens at explicitinstruction.org
Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they teach explicitly.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
AERO · 3:35 · Year 1 · Australia
Year 1 teachers at Loxton Primary School use explicit instruction in their classrooms.
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Lesson footage
The IRIS Center Video Collection · Primary · USA
A primary school example of explicit, systematic instruction in maths, from the IRIS Center's video collection in the United States.
Explicit instructionExplicit teaching in maths
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Lesson with commentary
AERO · 7:26 · F-10 · Australia
Teachers from Year 1 to Year 10 in NSW and WA schools explain learning objectives, return to them and the success criteria during the lesson, and link new content to what students already know.
Explicit instructionHow learning happens
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A short clip from the maths section of the Research Schools Network library showing teacher modelling and explicit strategy instruction, presented as a way to support students' metacognition.
Explicit instructionExplicit teaching in maths
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they scaffold practice.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
AERO · 20:34 · Year 11 · Australia
A Year 11 Visual Communication Design lesson in which several evidence-based practices work together as students apply design strategies they have already learned.
Explicit instructionFeedback and practiceChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
AERO · Australia
An AERO video on explicit instruction in English lessons. One of AERO's subject-specific practice videos.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · 2024 · UK
The opening of a primary maths lesson at Rivers Primary Academy in Walsall, where retrieval questions and well-run response routines get every student recalling earlier content.
Retrieval, spacing and reviewParticipation and opportunities to respondFluency, number facts and daily review
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · 13:00 · Year 2 · Australia
How evidence-based practices fit into a fast-paced daily review routine, with a literacy focus.
Retrieval, spacing and reviewClassroom culture, routines and attentionExplicit instruction
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Year 3 · UK
Retrieval practice for younger pupils in Year 3 science, using cues and questioning.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they revisit and review.
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Secondary · 2025 · UK
A short clip of retrieval practice in a secondary English classroom in Halesowen, England, with a brief commentary linking what the teacher does to the science of remembering.
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · Middle years · Australia
STEM educator Amber Haven shares a middle years lesson on neutral buoyancy, showing how retrieval practice, mini whiteboards and clear behaviour routines keep hands-on work focused on thinking.
Retrieval, spacing and reviewChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they vary practice.
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Year 6 · 2021 · USA
Footage of a sixth grade history teacher in Newark running retrieval practice, with discussion of how the questions are designed to build lasting knowledge of the subject.
Retrieval, spacing and reviewKnowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A short clip of retrieval practice that goes beyond simple recall, with reflection questions on linking new learning to prior learning and when to add or remove scaffolds.
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Secondary · Australia
An AERO school example video on spacing and retrieval at Alfred Deakin High School. One of several AERO videos filmed in Australian schools.
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Year 6 · 2023 · USA
A sixth grade English class in the Bronx begins with retrieval practice on the novel Wonder. The commentary picks out small moves that keep it warm and rigorous.
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Middle years · USA
A guest post by Joaquin Hernandez on why checks for understanding can mislead, with a clip of middle school teacher Bryan Belanger using Cold Call to get a truer picture of what students know.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingExplicit teaching in maths
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · Primary · Australia
Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain look inside the classroom of Queensland primary teacher Rebecca Sloots, unpacking how she checks for understanding and for quality, and how explicit teaching applies in the humanities.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they monitor progress.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingFeedback and practice
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Precise questions and tight mini whiteboard routines used to check understanding and adapt teaching.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingClassroom culture, routines and attentionExplicit teaching in maths
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
Brendan Lee teaches a Year 3/4 maths lesson on the commutative property at Morwell Central Primary School. The hosts unpack his mini whiteboard routines, mistake analysis and explicit teaching of maths vocabulary.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Secondary · USA
Sadie McCleary uses the chat function in a secondary chemistry class to check understanding, asking precise questions with a set answer format so she can assess every response in seconds.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
Lesson with commentary
NSW Department of Education · 6:35 · F-12 · Australia
Primary and secondary teachers use response systems to check what every student understands.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingParticipation and opportunities to respond
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
With Dr Carl Hendrick, the hosts study three Australian literacy lessons, primary and secondary, to see how skilled teachers respond in the moment when learning does not go to plan.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson footage
Uncommon Schools · F-12 · USA
A short Uncommon Schools classroom clip showing the Cold Call technique, where the teacher calls on students whether or not their hands are up.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson with commentary
Sedgehill Academy · Secondary · UK
A video from Sedgehill Academy, a UK secondary school, on how its teachers use mini whiteboards to check the understanding of a whole class.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · 2024 · UK
Classroom footage from Goldsmith Primary Academy in Walsall of a teacher checking what students have understood during reading, with notes on the details that make it work.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingReading comprehension and text study
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
John Hollingsworth, co-author of Explicit Direct Instruction, joins the hosts to analyse maths, English and science footage, looking at checking for understanding, calling on non-volunteers and sentence frames.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Primary · Australia
Primary teacher Melissa Garstang-Leary checks for understanding in English using pause points, true or false questions, thumbs up or down, quick quizzes and exit tickets, then gives prompt feedback.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Diagnostic questions used to find and address misconceptions.
Checking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · 2024 · USA
An art teacher circulates while students draw, observing closely and giving deliberate feedback. A rare example of checking for understanding outside English and maths.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingFeedback and practice
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
In part two with Adam Boxer, a retrieval practice clip is used to examine questioning in fine detail, including saying the name at the end, wait time and choosing who answers so every student thinks.
Checking for understanding and responsive teachingParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers discuss and demonstrate an effective routine for entering the classroom.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
With Dr Mark Dowley, the hosts watch how Australian teachers start lessons, from a Year 9 maths class to a Northern Territory prep class, and break down what makes an entry routine work.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Middle years · 2017 · USA
A middle school English teacher explains, models and practises the Turn and Talk routine with his class. A clear example of teaching a routine rather than assuming it.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson with commentary
Steplab · 47:30 · Primary and secondary · UK
The first part of Steplab's documentary follows teachers in two schools as they secure and hold students' attention, with teacher interviews and expert analysis.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionParticipation and opportunities to respond
FreeOpens at steplab.co
Lesson with commentary
Steplab · 41:10 · Primary and secondary · UK
Part two looks at how teachers build trust, routines and shared norms so that behaviour supports learning, filmed in one secondary and one all-through school.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
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Lesson with commentary
Steplab · 44:06 · Primary and secondary · UK
How great teachers plan precisely, break content into manageable chunks and guide students with clear, interactive teaching.
Explicit instructionFeedback and practice
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Lesson with commentary
Steplab · 43:12 · Primary and secondary · UK
The final part turns to teacher development, showing the approaches the two schools use to build teaching expertise reliably.
Instructional coaching and professional learningInstructional leadership
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · Primary and secondary · UK
Peps Mccrea joins the hosts to unpack footage of a UK primary English teacher and a science teacher, looking at tight routines, responsive checks for understanding and concise teacher talk.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionChecking for understanding and responsive teachingParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers from a range of schools discuss and demonstrate how they gain every student's attention.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
The Season Two opener uses AERO classroom videos to analyse entry routines, clear instructions and low-key behaviour corrections in primary and secondary classes at the start of the year.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson footage
Uncommon Schools · F-12 · USA
A short Uncommon Schools classroom clip on tight transitions, the routines that move students between activities so little learning time is lost.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · 2023 · USA
A senior secondary biology teacher near Atlanta explains to his class why and how they will show attention to one another. Helpful for anyone planning to teach attention routines explicitly.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers discuss and demonstrate how to respond to disengaged and disruptive behaviour.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionSchool culture, trust and behaviour
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
Adam Boxer shares clips from his own and colleagues' classrooms to show how eye contact, positioning, clear instructions and scanning head off disruption during transitions.
Classroom culture, routines and attentionChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson footage
Steplab · Primary · UK
A Steplab clip from Marine Primary Academy in the UK showing the Signal, Pause, Insist routine, used to gain the attention of the whole class.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Foundation · 2018 · USA
A kindergarten teacher in Brooklyn opens the day with clear directions and calm routines. A good model of What To Do instructions with very young students.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Year 6 · Australia
Two Year 6 teachers at Loxton Primary School set up a focused classroom from the first day, with clear rules, a morning welcome circle, a countdown for attention and praise for students who are ready.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · Years 3-4 · New Zealand
Hannah Pointon, a Year 3/4 teacher in Hamilton, New Zealand, shows how routines for lining up, entering the room, organising materials and whiteboard responses are taught and practised until they become calm habits.
Classroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · 2023 · UK
A clip from Rivers Primary Academy in Walsall showing three questioning techniques working together during a class novel, with commentary on why each one helps.
Participation and opportunities to respondReading comprehension and text study
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · 2024 · UK
A primary teacher in Walsall cold calls after giving students time to prepare, and Doug Lemov sets out what makes the experience positive and productive for every student.
Participation and opportunities to respondChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Demonstration
AERO · F-10 · Australia
A short demonstration of circulation as a classroom management skill.
Participation and opportunities to respondClassroom culture, routines and attentionChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Four clips · 2023 · UK
Four short clips from one lesson on scientific writing, each showing a Turn and Talk shaped for a different purpose. Useful for comparing how small design choices change the talk.
Participation and opportunities to respondOral language
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Secondary · 2021 · USA
Shows a teacher at Memphis Rise Academy introducing the Turn and Talk routine to a new class at the start of the year, so the expectations are taught before they are used.
Participation and opportunities to respondClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · 2022 · USA
A clip from Memphis Rise Academy showing a teacher signal clearly how students should answer each question, with an explanation of why the way students respond matters as much as the question.
Participation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Secondary · 2026 · USA
A junior high teacher in Texas moves between familiar ways of responding so that every student thinks about each question. Doug Lemov points out what to notice.
Participation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Year 6 · 2023 · USA
A short clip of a sixth grade teacher in the Bronx slowing the rush to answer, so that students listen to the whole question and take time to think.
Participation and opportunities to respondClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Demonstration
AERO · F-10 · Australia
A short demonstration of scanning your class as a classroom management skill.
Participation and opportunities to respondClassroom culture, routines and attentionChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
FreeOpens at edresearch.edu.au
Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Secondary · 2022 · UK
Highlights from an English lesson at Marine Academy Plymouth where Turn and Talk, Call and Response, writing and Cold Call keep every student thinking about new vocabulary.
Participation and opportunities to respondVocabulary
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Secondary · 2023 · USA
A variation on Turn and Talk in which pairs complete a maths task together rather than discuss a question, with notes on the details that make it productive.
Participation and opportunities to respondExplicit teaching in maths
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Teacher feedback in a Year 7 to 9 French lesson, checking and adapting as pupils learn.
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they extend and challenge.
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Year 6 · 2023 · USA
A sixth grade English teacher puts student writing about the novel Wonder on display for the class to study. Shows how Show Call can make strong work visible.
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Lesson with commentary
NSW Department of Education · 6:36 · Primary · Australia
Teachers give feedback in the moment, adjusting to what students need while learning is under way.
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Primary · Australia
Melissa Garstang-Leary applies mastery learning to biographical writing and editing, using short sequenced tasks, regular checks for mastery, reteaching for students who need it and enrichment for those who are ready.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
How teachers celebrate progress and address misconceptions in a warm, rigorous way.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Year 6 · 2022 · USA
A sixth grade science teacher introduces Show Call at the start of the year, sharing student work with the whole class so that studying mistakes feels normal.
Feedback and practiceClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · F-12 · USA
Doug Lemov shares an excerpt from Teach Like a Champion 3.0 on Turn and Talk, with video from BreOnna Tindall's and Sarah Wright's classrooms. It covers the benefits and the pitfalls to plan for.
Oral languageParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Year 5 · UK
Scaffolding pupil talk in a Year 5 classroom.
Oral languageExplicit instruction
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Structured talk opportunities across the curriculum.
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Lesson footage
Nuffield Foundation · 5:11 · Foundation · UK
A Nuffield Foundation video of a group session from the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI), an oral language program for young children.
Oral languageTiered support and inclusion
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Teachers use classroom talk to check understanding and adapt in the moment.
Oral languageChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson with commentary
Research Schools Network · UK
Four principles for teaching high-quality talk in maths.
Oral languageExplicit teaching in maths
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Lesson footage
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
Six short classroom clips, most from Atlanta schools. Teachers lead spoken blending and segmenting games, and a kindergarten teacher builds words with letters and blends the sounds to read them.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Lesson footage
Five from Five · 1:14 · F-2 · Australia
A short clip of a teacher and a small group on the carpet practising the phonemic awareness skill of identifying syllables.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
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Lesson footage
Five from Five · 1:55 · F-2 · Australia
A teacher works with a small group on isolating and changing the sounds in spoken words, a quick oral routine with no letters needed.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
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Lesson footage
Five from Five · 1:16 · F-2 · Australia
A second short clip of a teacher leading students through phoneme isolation and manipulation, seated in a circle on the floor.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
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Lesson footage
Five from Five · 1:03 · F-2 · Australia
A Foundation class on their feet playing with the sounds in words, a lively whole-class phonemic awareness warm-up.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
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Lesson footage
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
Ashley Powell, a first grade teacher in Oklahoma, works with a small group. Students touch a felt square for each sound, say the phonemes, then swap one sound to make a new word.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
FreeOpens at readinguniverse.org
Lesson footage
Five from Five · 0:32 · F-2 · Australia
Thirty seconds of a whole-class rhyming routine, a quick model of how brisk and simple phonemic awareness practice can be.
Phonological and phonemic awareness
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Lesson with commentary
NSW Department of Education · 6 short videos · F-2 · Australia
Six short videos follow teachers at Newcastle East Public School through one phonics teaching cycle, from joint planning and review to modelled, guided and independent practice, with reflection questions.
FreeOpens at education.nsw.gov.au
Demonstration
Department for Education, South Australia · Year 1 · Australia
Lesson 1 in the South Australian Department for Education's Year 1 phonics video series. Watch it to see how the sequence begins.
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Lesson with commentary
Research Schools Network · Early primary · UK
How a school puts a systematic phonics programme in place.
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Demonstration
Department for Education, South Australia · Year 1 · Australia
Lesson 12 in the South Australian Department for Education's Year 1 phonics video series, from early in the sequence. Watch it alongside Lesson 1 to compare.
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Lesson footage
Anita Archer (explicitinstruction.org) · 11 videos · Primary · USA
Eleven classroom videos in which Anita Archer models explicit instruction with American kindergarten to third grade classes, covering decoding, vocabulary, read-alouds, dictation and summary writing.
PhonicsReading comprehension and text study
FreeOpens at explicitinstruction.org
Demonstration
Reading Universe · F-2 · USA
A series that shows a strong phonics lesson routine and teaches you how to deliver it.
PhonicsPhonological and phonemic awarenessClassroom culture, routines and attentionExplicit instruction
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-2 · Australia
Principal Manisha Gazula analyses phonics lessons from Marsden Road Public School with the hosts, covering decoding, meaning and pacing, and the consistency and coaching behind the school's approach.
PhonicsRetrieval, spacing and review
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Lesson footage
SBCUSD · 22:37 · F-2 · USA
A 22-minute video from SBCUSD in the United States showing explicit phonics instruction for the early years, organised around a six-step lesson method.
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Lesson footage
NSW Department of Education · 10:00 · F-2 · Australia
Ten minutes of classroom footage from Newcastle East Public School in which students see, hear, say and write a newly taught letter-sound correspondence.
FreeOpens at players.brightcove.net
Lesson with commentary
Department of Education, Victoria · 1:34 · F-2 · Australia
A brief Department of Education, Victoria video on Phonics Plus in the classroom. Phonics Plus is the department's set of phonics lessons for the early years.
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Demonstration
Five from Five, with Brooke Wardana · 6:11 · F-2 · Australia
Brooke Wardana explains the sound that y makes at the end of some two-syllable words, then shows a fun spelling game that helps students practise it.
PhonicsSpelling and morphology
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Demonstration
Department for Education, South Australia · Year 1 · Australia
Lesson 26 in the South Australian Department for Education's Year 1 phonics video series. A look at the lesson routine further into the sequence.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Early primary · UK
A broad approach to early reading that builds strong foundations for literacy.
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Lesson with commentary
NSW Department of Education · Short videos · F-2 · Australia
Deslea Konza explains where phonics sits among the Big Six of reading, followed by two brief clips of explicit phonics lessons with a whole class and a small group.
PhonicsFrameworks and research behind literacy
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Demonstration
Department for Education, South Australia · Year 1 · Australia
Lesson 55 in the South Australian Department for Education's Year 1 phonics video series, showing the routine late in the sequence.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Foundation · UK
Repeated reading and language learning opportunities in a Reception class (the first year of school).
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A short clip of echo reading, where pupils repeat text after a fluent model, with prompts on training staff to model fluent reading and using the routine across subjects.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A short clip of paired reading in action, with reflection questions on choosing texts for repeated reading, classroom routines and the adult's role in giving feedback.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Text marking used to teach phrased reading in a primary classroom.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A teacher models fluent reading as part of guided oral reading.
Reading fluencyExplicit instruction
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Year 3 · UK
Repeated reading used as a fluency intervention in Year 3.
Reading fluencyTiered support and inclusion
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Lesson footage
ONlit · Upper primary and above · North America
Anita Archer teaches an explicit vocabulary lesson to older students, with every student actively taking part.
VocabularyParticipation and opportunities to respondExplicit instruction
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Years 3-6 · UK
Strategies for teaching vocabulary explicitly in upper primary.
VocabularyExplicit instruction
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Vocabulary teaching in a secondary classroom.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Shared reading and talk used to build vocabulary.
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Lesson footage
Anita Archer (explicitinstruction.org) · Primary · USA
Anita Archer models how to introduce a comprehension strategy.
Reading comprehension and text studyExplicit instructionParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Years 3-6 · UK
Teaching reading comprehension strategies explicitly in upper primary.
Reading comprehension and text studyExplicit instruction
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Primary · UK
A teacher models reading line by line to support comprehension.
Reading comprehension and text studyExplicit instruction
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A check, link, connect framework for supporting comprehension during reading.
Reading comprehension and text study
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Lesson footage
Reading Universe · Years 1-4 · USA
Real teachers and students working on suffixes in classroom lessons.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Year 1 children practise transcription through sentence dictation.
Handwriting and transcriptionWriting
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Building accurate letter formation as the base for fluent handwriting.
Handwriting and transcriptionWriting
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · Australia
A Year 4 class in Queensland, with a focus on participation and writing.
WritingParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Years 3-6 · UK
Keeping every pupil actively involved while the teacher models writing.
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Research Schools Network · Years 3-6 · UK
A teacher thinks aloud while writing to show how writers make decisions.
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Lesson footage
Reading Universe · Primary · USA
A Reading Universe video introducing sentence expansion, a writing activity in which primary students build a short sentence into a fuller one.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Years 3-6 · UK
A Key Stage 2 teacher in England models how she revises and edits her own writing, questioning herself aloud as she re-reads so students see the process. Reflection prompts are included.
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Years 5-6 · Australia
Evidence-based practices working together in a lesson that consolidates students' use of conjunctions in writing.
WritingExplicit instructionChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Years 3-6 · UK
Modelled writing that teaches audience, tone and purpose.
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Demonstration
The Writing Revolution · Primary · USA
The Writing Revolution models explicit writing instruction for primary students. Helpful for teachers who want to see the approach taught, not just described.
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Lesson footage
Aaron Grossman · Primary · USA
Aaron Grossman shows a sentence expansion activity using because, but and so, in which primary students finish the same sentence stem three different ways.
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Research Schools Network · Years 3-6 · UK
Gradually handing responsibility to pupils, with support for revising their writing.
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Lesson with commentary
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Middle years · 2025 · USA
A middle school classroom video of students writing briefly and often in response to rich content, with an explanation of why short formative writing is worth making routine.
WritingParticipation and opportunities to respond
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A teacher in a practical subject models their thinking to break down an extended writing task, uses talk before writing and provides scaffolds so all pupils can take part.
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Research Schools Network · UK
Modelling and scaffolding a complex writing task in a post-16 lesson.
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Demonstration
Reading Universe · 5:34 · Primary · USA
A Reading Universe video on sentence combining as part of writing instruction. Useful for teachers looking at sentence-level writing.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A whole-school approach to modelling and scaffolding writing in primary classrooms.
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Research Schools Network · UK
Extensive practice in constructing sentences to build fluent writers.
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Worked examples that break multi-step maths processes into manageable parts.
Explicit teaching in mathsExplicit instructionHow learning happens
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · 6:25 · Primary · Australia
Victorian primary teacher Sue Davis teaches place value and adding 100 to four-digit numbers in small steps, using base-10 blocks and place value charts and checking understanding before moving on.
Explicit teaching in mathsNumber, multiplication and fractionsExplicit instruction
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Primary · Australia
Evidence-based practices working together in a maths lesson on splitting numbers.
Explicit teaching in mathsNumber, multiplication and fractionsExplicit instruction
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · Primary · Canada
JUMP Math founder John Mighton uses footage from Canadian primary classrooms, on place value and long division, to show how small steps and carefully sequenced practice help every student succeed in maths.
Explicit teaching in mathsNumber, multiplication and fractionsExplicit instructionFeedback and practice
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Lesson footage
Impact Curriculum (formerly Ochre Education) · 4:06 · Year 5 · Australia
A Year 5 classroom demonstration of the instructional cycle in primary mathematics, from Ochre Education (now Impact Curriculum).
Explicit teaching in mathsExplicit instruction
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Primary · Australia
Primary teacher Sue Davis checks understanding of place value during maths lessons with quick quizzes and mini whiteboards, anticipates likely errors and reteaches when a misconception appears.
Explicit teaching in mathsNumber, multiplication and fractionsChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Worked examples in mathematical problem solving, with problem and solution shown together.
Explicit teaching in mathsRepresentations and problem solvingExplicit instruction
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · Primary · Australia
Sue Davis teaches rounding four-digit numbers using mastery learning, breaking the topic into ordered steps, checking each one with mini whiteboards and manipulatives, and reteaching small groups as needed.
Explicit teaching in mathsNumber, multiplication and fractionsFeedback and practice
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Lesson footage
NCETM · Primary · UK
Lesson videos on number facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewNumber, multiplication and fractions
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Making the most of daily routines to build mathematical thinking in a Reception class.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewNumber, multiplication and fractionsClassroom culture, routines and attentionRetrieval, spacing and review
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
A Year 1 maths activity designed to activate what pupils already know.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewHow learning happens
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Lesson footage
Impact Curriculum (formerly Ochre Education) · 3:07 · Primary · Australia
A classroom demonstration of daily review in primary mathematics, from Ochre Education (now Impact Curriculum). Useful for seeing the routine in action.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewRetrieval, spacing and review
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Retrieval practice in maths that balances challenge with chances to succeed.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewRetrieval, spacing and review
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · Primary · UK
Visual representations used to help pupils retrieve concepts in primary maths.
Fluency, number facts and daily reviewRepresentations and problem solvingRetrieval, spacing and review
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Lesson footage
NCETM · Upper primary · UK
Lesson videos using the bar model and double number line to support reasoning and problem solving.
Representations and problem solvingNumber, multiplication and fractions
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Worked solutions used as a framework for teaching specific problem-solving skills.
Representations and problem solvingExplicit teaching in maths
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Research Schools Network · UK
Which manipulatives to use, why, and how they deepen understanding in maths.
Representations and problem solving
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Lesson footage
NCETM · Primary · UK
Lesson videos showing progression in multiplication across primary school.
Number, multiplication and fractions
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NCETM · Primary · UK
Lesson videos on building secure understanding of fractions and calculating with them.
Number, multiplication and fractions
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NCETM · Primary · UK
Lesson videos on division, from grouping and sharing through to written methods.
Number, multiplication and fractions
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers in primary and secondary classrooms show how they organise knowledge.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherence
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · Year 3 · USA
Year 3 teacher Laura Stam shares a knowledge-rich history lesson from Wyoming, using a knowledge organiser, shared reading, choral responses, pair shares and sentence stems to build students' knowledge.
Knowledge-rich curriculum and coherenceParticipation and opportunities to respondChecking for understanding and responsive teaching
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Teaching assistants deliver a structured early reading intervention, ABRACADABRA, to Year 1 pupils in a UK school, adapting sessions to revisit the sounds children need more practice with.
Tiered support and inclusionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Lesson footage
Research Schools Network · UK
Teaching assistants scaffold learning with the least support first, to build independence.
Tiered support and inclusionExplicit instructionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Research Schools Network · UK
Explicit instruction for pupils with special educational needs in mainstream and specialist primary settings.
Tiered support and inclusionExplicit instructionLearning difficulties, disorders and additional needs
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Lesson with commentary
Understood · About 35 minutes · USA
Understood's video takes you inside a dyslexia intervention session. Handy for staff who have never watched specialist reading intervention being taught.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsPhonicsTiered support and inclusion
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Lesson with commentary
inclusionED · Practice guide with video · Australia
A step-by-step practice guide with classroom video on using visual schedules so students know what is coming, move between tasks smoothly and need fewer verbal prompts.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
inclusionED · Practice guide with video · Australia
A practice guide with video on getting to know students' sensory preferences and adjusting the room so they can stay comfortable, focused and safe.
Learning difficulties, disorders and additional needsTiered support and inclusionClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
CEEDAR Center · F-12 · USA
A professional learning activity built around a classroom video of explicit instruction, with cues to pause, reflect and analyse. It includes a facilitation guide and can be used alone or with a team.
Instructional coaching and professional learning
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
Before and after footage of a Western Australian primary teacher's lessons shows what instructional coaching and deliberate practice changed, including choral response, mini whiteboards and calling on non-volunteers.
Instructional coaching and professional learningClassroom culture, routines and attention
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Lesson with commentary
AERO · F-10 · Australia
Teachers discuss and demonstrate practical ways to build positive connections with all students.
School culture, trust and behaviour
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Lesson with commentary
Chalk Dust · F-10 · Australia
Denarius Frazier of Uncommon Schools joins the hosts to compare classroom footage and discuss how routines, feedback and a culture of error build both rigour and belonging.
School culture, trust and behaviour
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Lesson with commentary
Steplab · Primary · UK
A Steplab video from Marine Primary Academy in the UK exploring the school's Core 10 teaching techniques. Of interest to leaders building shared routines across a primary school.
School culture, trust and behaviour
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