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Warm-up

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

/ˈwɔːrm ʌp/nounCore term

In education & teaching, warm-up means: A short activity at the start of a lesson that gets students thinking, talking or moving and prepares them for the main topic.

In Turkish: ısınma etkinliği, derse giriş etkinliği

How it is used

A standard stage name in lesson plans, especially in language teaching. Teachers start with, do or plan a warm-up of about five minutes. Similar terms are starter (UK), lead-in and hook. The verb is written as two words: warm up.

Example sentences

  1. For the warm-up, students had two minutes to list everything they knew about volcanoes.

  2. Keep the warm-up short, or you'll run out of time for the main task.

Common collocations

  • warm-up activity
  • start with a warm-up
  • quick warm-up
  • warm-up question
  • lesson planA written outline of one lesson that shows what students should learn, the activities and materials the teacher will use, and roughly how long each stage will take.
  • wrap-upThe final stage of a lesson in which the teacher and students review what was learned, check progress and sometimes preview the next lesson.
  • pacingThe speed at which a lesson or course moves from one stage or topic to the next, and how well that speed fits the students.
  • student engagementHow involved, interested and active students are in their learning, shown by their attention, effort, participation and curiosity.

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