This week I am trialling a reflection time at the end of each block. The intention is to get students to understand and communicate their learning (not just what they were doing). This week I hope that they will feel rewarded for the work they do independently, in a group and with their teacher. They will want to share and therefore have some learning to show. In future weeks I hope this will progress to talking about their learning and success, and progress to identifying their next steps and setting their own goals.
A great deal of my time in class at the moment seems to be spent on helping students remember what they should be doing when they are not with me. I have to help them a lot to use the ipad. At the same time I am differentiating their learning to practise their next steps. So T is practising spelling, but E still needs to practise writing the letters that represent sounds. T is a growing expert on Seesaw and I am reluctant to let E use an Ipad after recent incidents. T could be an expert to help E use the Ipad, but E needs to be allowed to use the Ipads.
I hope that some of their learning may be recorded to use to show to parents. Interestingly, this week we have decided to focus our ALiM inquiry on engaging ALiM parents to help them understand their child's learning. I think this time could allow me opportunities to record their reflections so that parents can understand about teaching and learning in Kowhai.
Hi Kara, I enjoyed reading your reflections. You have reminded me about our Alim focus as well. I am going to try to incorporate that into my blogging goal for this term too. I think See saw is such a useful tool for connecting with parents.
ReplyDeleteHi Kara, I think your reflections are excellent. This is such an important part of teaching and shows that you are really thinking about the students in your room and looking at planning activities to suit the specific needs.
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