- • Have children reflecting on their learning and posting to blog.
- • Use open questions when asking the kids
- • Ask children to explain their strategies before moving on
- • Set children up so they know where they are going, how to get there and what to do next
- • Continue consistency in behaviour management
- • Continue to use modelling book in all sessions (including note taking of where chn are at)
I think the week went pretty well however I was only in the class for three day (Tuesday was our school CRT day with classroom observations and Wednesday my BT release day). I found chn were unsettled on Thursday after having two days of reliever but as soon as we went over the rules they soon settled down.
Maths this week was our first week of place value. I found it hasn’t gone to bad but there are a lot of gaps in their thinking and skills that need to be addressed. I had Catriona, Kristen and Pam observe me on Tuesday for my lesson and it was really good – I got some feedback that was valuable and tried to action it on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday Kristen came in and did a modeled lesson using the ones and tens place value equipment which I found really good to see another teacher teach it and then have a go myself.
We are continuing with our Maths Calendar each day and I am planning to alter it next week to make it harder and add some different skills in. Below is a photo of our Calendar (I make it in the 100s for the lower level chn and we change the number around depending on the date).
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| Math calendar |
Reading has been much the same I have been trying extra hard to make sure I constantly use the modelling book and I have used it for each group and each lesson I have taught. I also used one of the lessons with each group as time spent teaching them Word Work games as I wasn't satisfied with how they are doing it. With my Daily 5 programme an important aspect is the children picking ‘good fit’ books. I spent some time on Friday going over this with the children and then sent the away to try it themselves. It worked really well and I was super impressed that at one stage the whole library was silent because they were so engaged in the books they were looking at/reading…YAY.
This week our punctuation focus for writing has taken a back seat and not been our main focus. Next week we are taking writing sample for moderation so Room 4 had a practice at writing a recount on being cold. We discussed what a recount is and what the success criteria is for writing our own. Some produced good work others need a bit more guidance and scaffolding to get to where they should be.
On Friday afternoon we had a go at mixing colours and painting with sponges. The kids are still a bit hesitant at experimenting with colour and mixing to create new colours, hopefully this will change over the next 2-3 weeks.
Week 4 already – the term is certainly flying. Next week we have Small Schools Cross Country on Wednesday which unfortunately miss out on due to a PRT course, however it is on science so I am quite looking forward to that.
Week 4 goals:
- • Have children reflecting on their learning and posting to blog.
- • Use open questions when asking the kids
- • Ask children to explain their strategies before moving on (question card made up for maths and reading).
- • Continue consistency in behaviour management
- • Continue to use modelling book in all sessions (including note taking of where chn are at)
- • Allow more time for student sharing and check in.
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