During a lesson, feedback and reflecting on learning is traditionally often left to the end of a lesson making it susceptible to the chopping block when lessons run over time.  Educators are master planners, so let's look at how we can capitalise on this and build in 'time' to pause, reflect and gain feedback about how we are doing and where to next. 
A pause point is simply building in moments during the lesson to help students reflect and monitor how their learning is going, as it relates to the learning intention and the associated success criteria. A process that can be short and sharp, and is the perfect way to monitor and refocus students. It also provides a valuable tool for teachers to check and monitor student progress and understanding, allowing teachers to provide assistance, where needed, and redirect if necessary. ​

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THE ROUTINE IN ACTION

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This looks like pausing during a learning task for students to re-examine the success criteria and identify whether they are on track to or have already achieved success and what they will focus on next. Underlining or highlighting evidence will support students to identify achievement of success criteria points. This process helps learners to answer the crucial question ‘How am I going?’ 
Having students use a scale, for example faces, allows learners to visually represent how they are going and provides educators with a quick snapshot of how their learners are going, providing valuable feedback to the teacher about how well the teaching of a concept or skill is landing with the learners in the classroom.