Meeting with Sophie

June 2017

Meet with Sophie while we are both on release.

Discuss Term 3 observations:
x3 to be done. Writing, maths, Sport/Pe. 
Discussed groupings for next term. (Ie: working with 2 other teachers.

- To chat about with other teachers = Maths booklets, reading groups (once new kids are settled and tested),
Writing booklets

Generating Ideas

 In one of our writing sessions I wanted the children to extend a basic sentence "this is a cat". I wanted them to use more descriptive language, I knew that I would need to generate a discussion to give them ideas so we had a whole class discussion. I encouraged them to think of their own cat if they had one, This really helped them to make connections.
I then took a photo of our chat and put it on the screen the next day to remind them what we'd discussed so they could write their own sentence.

Learning is Social - Inquiry Follow Up Activites

The students doing a follow up activity (for inquiry) independently. However it still involves their peers as they can talk about what they are doing as they sit by one another.  

Course

 Attend a course. Got alot out of the running record part of it. Analysing MSV's

Reading Recovery Observation Survey Day – Christchurch 2017

Date:          Thursday 15 June, 9.00am – 3.30pm

Venue:       Reading Recovery Centre

                   53a Kendal Avenue, Burnside

                   Christchurch (Parking on street or RR car park BUT NOT on tennis court)

You are invited to nominate registered teachers of Junior School students to attend this full day course.  There is no course fee involved.

·         All schools need to have teachers able to administer the Observation Survey in an objective and standard way.

·         Schools with Reading Recovery are particularly urged to take advantage of this opportunity, as testing at discontinuing must always be done by an independent observer.

·         This course is designed for teachers who have had little or no experience in administering the Observation Survey.

Objectives of the Observation Survey Course – including Running Records

·         To sharpen up your administration of the tasks

·         To learn to record children's reading behaviour in a standard way

·         To learn how to score and analyse errors and self-corrections

·         To learn how to use this information to tailor instruction to the children's needs.

Friday Discovery with other classes

  Taken from my class blog: Shows learning in a social setting. "Play" needs to be done in my class to allow children some down time from the demands of formal learning. 

On Friday we joined up with Room 1,2 and 3 for discovery.

In each of the classrooms different activities were offered. Rm 1 was craft. Rm 2 sponge painting, Rm 3 construction, Rm 5 dress ups and pretend play and Rm 6 had board games.

The children were able to choose where they wanted to be and then move freely between the spaces.

All the children enjoyed themselves (the teachers did to). It was a great opportunity for
the children to mix with others and learn in a fun way.