Guided Practice Activities for Explicit Teaching
The structure, clarity and tools you’ve been looking for to teach guided practice with confidence.
Are you spending hours searching for guided practice activities that actually work inside an explicit teaching lesson?
Do you feel the pressure of finding examples, routines and differentiation ideas that support every learner, yet still keep the lesson moving?
If you have ever wished for a streamlined, reliable way to deliver guided practice with clarity and confidence, this Deep Dive is designed for you.
The full Guided Practice Deep Dive is included inside the Structured Teaching Portal.
Strengthen Your Explicit Lessons With Guided Practice That Works
Guided practice is not simply an activity. It is a delivery phase that determines whether students consolidate new learning before moving to independence.
Teachers deserve tools that make this phase easier, clearer and more effective.
This Deep Dive provides practical, ready-to-use support so you can deliver guided practice with structure, purpose and efficiency.
Why Teachers Choose This Resource
Comprehensive
A complete set of guided practice activities, routines and slide templates designed to support accurate rehearsal, reduce cognitive load and strengthen student understanding.
Differentiated
Clear strategies and variations that help you adjust tasks for diverse learners without increasing planning time.
Time Saving
Ready-to-use templates and predictable routines that remove the guesswork and allow you to deliver high-quality guided practice consistently.
Engaging
Meaningful, interactive activities that anchor new learning through repetition, modelling and supported practice.
Structured
Frameworks that promote mastery, clarity and follow-through across year levels and subject areas.
What’s inside the Guided Practice Deep Dive
Core Strategies
• Step-by-step instructional sequences
• Student thinking flowcharts
• Faded guidance routines
• Whole-class and small-group graphic organiser tasks
Collaborative Activities
• Problem pairs
• Pair-share and think-aloud routines
• Shared writing
• Sentence stems and structured prompts
Instructional Routines
• Time-saving planning hacks
• Differentiation options
• Solutions to common guided practice challenges
Plus: Editable Templates
You will also receive 25 editable slide templates designed to help you deliver guided practice efficiently and consistently.
These templates provide predictable formats that reduce cognitive load, support accuracy and allow students to focus on essential thinking.
Download a free sample template
Transform Your Explicit Teaching
When guided practice is structured, clear and intentional, students experience:
more accurate rehearsal
stronger confidence
higher-quality independent performance
greater retention of new learning
The Guided Practice Deep Dive is part of the Structured Teaching Portal, which includes a full suite of tools, templates and instructional supports for every phase of explicit teaching.
Access the Full Guided Practice Deep Dive
Join the Structured Teaching Portal to access this resource and elevate your explicit teaching with clarity and confidence.
About Brolga Education
Hi 👋 I’m Trudy, a Lesson Design & Instructional Coach
I help teachers plan & deliver clear lessons, by simplifying explicit instruction that engages and drives progress.
Read more about my journey with Explicit Teaching here
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