This week and the next couple of weeks, I will be focusing on completing formative assessment and analysing the data to inform my next teaching step. I have a lot of children in class this year that are below and well below where they should be in their learning. I feel that its crucial to find out where some of the gaps in their learning are and help them address those so we can consolidate their knowledge before they are ready to move on.
In maths and reading, I would like to accelerate some students and I know this will be had to manage within the already busy term plan. However I know that the biggest challenge lies in changing attitudes towards maths in particular. A large proportion of the children that are below are not quite making the connections to part whole thinking they need to move on to numeracy Stage early 6.
In reading, I can see that my ESL students need to make the most progress but that will hopefully change with the new programme I have started with them. This includes a Daily 5 style routine ; read to the teacher, read to self, read to a buddy, practice sight words, draw a picture and write about it, practice handwriting using a handwriting card and lastly work on a computer (they use sunshine online or reading eggs)
I have spent the last week working with Annie and Bonnie, using this routine and I can see that they like the independence it gives them to go and work on their reading without having to constantly ask other Chinese speaking students to translate for them. It has also allowed me to move on an work with other groups without looking over their shoulder to make sure they understood what I was asking them to do.
No comments:
Post a Comment