Making Playdough

We had an experience morning. We made playdough one Tuesday morning (to help our visit children feel excited and engaged at school). It gave our children who have been here awhile a chance to combine maths and reading.

On the Wednesday we wrote about it.

Observation by Nic (Teacher I work alongside)

Name: Victoria Lindley     Year Level: 0-1          

Observation completed by Nicola Clarke           Date: 26/7/2018

Lesson Observed: Shared Book with the emphasis on retell.

Vic you delivered your lesson effectively and with enthusiasm. It was interactive allowing children to enjoy a text which they may not have been able to read on their own. The lesson was well paced and had a good flow.

You have well established rules and expectations in your classroom to promote positive behaviours and to help create a nice sense of community.

Points of Interest:

• Book language was discussed prior to the story, e.g. cover, title/author/illustrator.
• Students were given an opportunity to make predictions about the events in the story.
• You modelled the skills of a proficient reader including reading with fluency and expression.
• You asked a variety of questions to determine comprehension level and to encourage a thoughtful response.
• The text was used to foster oral vocabulary development which forms the basis of reading and writing.
• Children were given an opportunity to retell the story to a buddy in their own words.
• You concluded the reading by modelling a follow up activity that was age appropriate and that they enjoyed.

Possible Future Focus:

• For subsequent readings of a shared book children could take turns to point to the text as you read.
• Text be made available so that students can enjoy reading independently.

Writing linked to the real world

Writing topics vary. Many short clips are used about animals ie: zebras, koalas, tigers. They are engaging and give the children lots of facts.

(Youtube channel = Free School)

Children then need to write about what they have learnt/remember from the video.

Running Records

Running Records are done frequently to help me guide my teaching, make sure children are reading books at the appropriate level and help support my teacher judgement.

Writing about Whanau

In my writing class we spent sometime writing about our whanau. Students were encouraged to bring in a picture of their family (micro and macro) to share. We then spent sessions writing about different people in our families, ie: who lives in our house, our cousins, other special people.
This came about as I originally asked the students what they wanted to write about  (in Term 1) and they said cousins.

Buddy Reading

 Students are set up with a buddy to read with (they are done on ability ie: more able with someone not as strong).
 The students have to take turns reading each other a book from their reading folders.

Teacher Only Day Rehua Marae

Attend personal development for our Teacher Only day on Tuesday 6th June