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Weekly Reflections

Weekly Reflection T2
Week 6

Date: 25th May - 29th May


Goal for coming week

  • Continue making anecdotal notes
  • Start GLOSS Testing on all students 
  • Re-familiarise self of key knowledge and ideas for measurement 
Professional Development Attended
  • Algebra Workshop 2
  • iPad Traning (Manukorihi Int)

As the term slowly approaches the end, it makes me wonder where all this time has gone. I believe a lot of rich and quality learning has taken place in the classroom. I have found that the majority of the students have really engaged in the mathematic learning. I believe this is evident due to the discussions had, solving of problems and the maths lesson going overtime. 

The current Narrative writing unit is working really well. All students are showing great interest to write their own narrative and in that are producing quality writing pieces accordingly to their current needs. 

The current reading programme is also showing high engagement. This reading unit encourages students to use blooms taxonomy to encourage analysis, remembering, creativity, understanding, evaluation and knowledge. My well below readers are working on the Toxic Box where they get to choose a box they wish to read, then work on follow up activities to consolidate their reading knowledge and understanding.  

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