Warmup Activity Tips

Having warmup activities allow time for students to arrive to class and ensure
work/learning starts at the beginning of the lesson. Warmup activities can be
used to activate schema (knowledge students already have) from previous
lessons or learning activities. By doing so, students can engage in learning.
Setting a warmup activity as a routine can also minimalise disruptions of late
comers to class, where objectives can be stated after the warmup to ensure
learning objectives are heard by all students.
- Make a warmup activity a routine in your classroom, i.e. make it known
that the students should come in and open their books and start work, or
that there is a puzzle to complete

- Make the activity, if possible, be something that students can do without

any help

- Be prepared and have it ready before the lesson

- Link the warmup activity to the previous lesson’s objectives or the

lesson’s objectives

- Allow wait time, for students to think and process

- Make it challenging but achievable – know your students

- Keep it short, 5-10 minutes

- Warmups do not always need to be an activity, it could be a simple as

showing a video which activates schema and then leading a discussion
about it