Write daily warm-ups that spiral review of past content
A set of short do-now warm-ups that mix retrieval practice of earlier topics with a preview of today's lesson.
The prompt
Write a set of daily warm-ups (do-nows) for my class.
Subject and grade: [e.g. "6th grade math"]
Topics already taught, in order: [LIST]
Upcoming topics: [NEXT 2 WEEKS]
Topics students keep forgetting: [e.g. "order of operations", "unit conversions"]
Time per warm-up: [e.g. "5 minutes"]
How many days: [e.g. "10 school days"]
For each day, write a warm-up with 3-4 questions:
- 1-2 retrieval questions from earlier topics, spaced so each past topic returns several times over the set, with forgotten topics appearing more often.
- 1 question that mixes topics (interleaving) so students must decide which method to use.
- 1 question that activates prior knowledge for that day's lesson.
Rules:
- Students should complete it without notes in the time given. Recall, not trick questions.
- Vary formats: short answer, find the error, explain your reasoning, multiple choice with a misconception distractor.
- Label each question with its topic so I can track which topics need more work.
Return each day as a ready-to-project block, then an answer key, then a tracking grid: Topic | Days it appears. Add a 1-minute routine for going over answers that keeps everyone thinking.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- e.g. "6th grade math"
- LIST
- NEXT 2 WEEKS
- e.g. "order of operations", "unit conversions"
- e.g. "5 minutes"
- e.g. "10 school days"
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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