Consider: What core knowledge must children have before they can access the new learning?
Carry out a prerequisite knowledge check to ensure that children have this knowledge.
Checklist
| Make a list of the knowledge children must have to access their new learning. | ✔ |
| Provide an opportunity for children to show this knowledge (carefully considering the means of participation so that you gather accurate information). | ✔ |
| Reteach any core knowledge that children will need before teaching the new content. | ✔ |
Example
- Before teaching children how to find percentages of amounts (for example, finding 35% of 240), consider what knowledge children will need to access this learning. This could include: knowing that a percentage is a proportion of the whole amount; how to divide by 10; how to add two-digit numbers.
- Design questions to determine whether the children have this prerequisite knowledge.
- Decide what content will need to be retaught before teaching the new content.
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