Title: How to Teach Review Lessons: Success Strategies
Headings: How to Teach Review Lessons
How to Teach Review Lessons
Success Strategies
Content: How to Teach Review Lessons: Success Strategies


How to Teach Review Lessons
Success Strategies
by Tara Arntsen 141,820 views
It is best to review often throughout the course to keep material fresh in students’ mind and especially before major exams which cover a lot of topics. Reviewing will help students feel more comfortable with old material and give you the opportunity to combine topics which may have been studied separately. If there is a particular warm up activity that you always use to start your lessons, you can do that but there is generally so much material to cover during a review lesson that a warm up activity is not necessary. For certain classes a study guide may be appropriate. In this case, provide students with a study guide which summarizes what they have learned and what will be covered in the exams. Include the target structures and key vocabulary from each chapter and any diagrams or maps that they should be familiar with. This does a lot to build student confidence because they have a hard copy of what they should review and what sections of the course you feel are most important. The study guide should include every type of question students will encounter on the exam, all directions such as “ Circle the correct answer ”, and any additional material you would like them to review but may not necessarily be on the exam. Sometimes simply the format of the exam confuses and frustrates students so this guide will help them with that and they will be better equipped to perform well.