My week 9
next steps for my class were:
- · Develop smooth transitions in the Daily 5.
- · Have children explaining the strategy’s they are using in maths.
- · Progress from using material to imagery – maths.
- · Have children learn their goals and understand their WALTs
- · I also wanted to do more modelling in the class so that children can use it as a guideline and build on it.
This week has felt as though it has flown by, the whole term
has really. I was really busy at the beginning of the week furiously writing
reports and I can say I am quite glad they are done and I think they were OK
for a first time report writer.
Monday and Tuesday ran as usual with a very busy schedule.
Children were quite rude to each other for the first couple of days, not what I
want to see. Wednesday I had a reliever in the class and I spent the day doing
reports and some planning for next week/setting up my early words programme.
The class was a mess on Thursday so the children lost a few of their privileges
(I just need to remind the reliever of these). Friday was quite a cruisy day, the
morning session ran as usual with Maths, after morning tea we did some Daily 5
and Jump Jam practice and then the afternoon was spent doing our Jump Jam
performances and then a parent walk through of the classroom. I found this
really good as I got to meet a couple more of the parents I hadn’t met yet.
The Daily 5 ran well this week however they children are not
where I want them yet so I/we will continue to work on this.
Maths was great
and children are really getting into fractions. I really love when a kid makes a
connection and you can see it starts to all make sense….hopefully they continue
to remember. The whole class has really responded well to the Maths Calendar
incorporate into our starting routine and I have changed it slightly including
an activity on the Interactive Whiteboard which includes:
- Telling the time
- Writing the daily number in words
- Thinking of different ways to write the daily number
- Ordering the numbers
- Using addition and subtraction to work out problems
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| Example of Interactive Wall Calendar. |
Because I
have added the daily calendar in, I am thinking about changing my group
rotations so that I am seeing only two groups per day so I can go more in-depth
with them.
This week I
also had to take some writing samples of a haircut recount from the class. I
have got SOME quality writing out of them but it also highlighted that writing
is an area I could defiantly do with spending more time on. I am having
another go at marking their work using the e-asTTle marking guide.
Next week is
week 10 which is very hard to believe, it doesn’t feel like I have been in the
classroom for 9 weeks. It has gone so fast. I am out of the classroom two days
next week, one with a CRT where we are doing a Maths walk through of the
classroom (I am a little nervous) and the second a release day.
My week 10
next step goals are:
- · Develop smooth transitions in Maths – I want to be moving to independent transition in Maths next term now that they know what is expected of them.
- · Incorporate more art into the classroom (I want this to happen next term as well).
- · Continue to reinforce the classroom expectations as children are becoming rather unsettled (end of term???)
- Reinforce behaviours expected the classroom
- · Continue to develop Daily 5 transitioning and expectations
Great you have your first lot of reports done. They can certainly be stressful when you first do them. Pleased you got some quality writing - it is ongoing - always trying to get more from them. Our focus is boys writing and we are lucky enough to have Gail Loane doing a 2 day course here next term. Hopefully I will get some more ideas.
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