Retrieve Words on a Spaced Path

Teaching sequence

1. Recall the terms without displaying the list.
2. Match each term to a new example or image.
3. Use one term in a spoken explanation and one in writing.
4. Schedule a brief retrieval revisit next lesson and later in the unit.

Materials and purpose

four previously taught words and brief prompts

Use a precise language move to make subject understanding visible, then check it on fresh content.

Across subjects

Worked example

Learners retrieve “evaporate”, “condense”, “precipitate” and “collect” from process clues, then label a new water-cycle diagram.