An awesome author, uses capital letters at the start of a name and the start of a sentence. They put finger spaces between their words and they use lots of ‘wow’ words and Fast Words.
We are learning to engage in positive relationships with others.
We focus on developing the following key competencies:
Thinking
Relating to others
Using language, symbols and text
Managing self
Participating and contributing
Student reflection from a Discovery session: “I were very nice to people and sharing all my
ideas that is why I got the award - Participate and Contribute your ideas.”
A good reader looks carefully at the words and use their voice to make their reading interesting. They ask themselves if what they have read makes sense.
Teacher instruction: Use play dough or crayons to create a picture or make something to show me what you know about change.
Teacher question: What have you made to show me what you know about change?
At the beginning (before teaching):
Student reflection
Then - I thought . . .
These are the sticks for the flowers and this girls is looking at all the change. Change is something that goes down.
Student reflection
Now - I know . . .
This is a caterpillar that change into a butterfly and it made a chrysalis and it stayed in there for two weeks and then it came out and it is a butterfly.
If you look at your graph, what can you tell me about it?
There are 4 happy children and there are 2 sad children. 6 children are tired and only 1 is surprised and 5 are angry. The surprise children are the least and the tired children are the most.
Teacher instruction: With this play dough, make something to show me what you know about conflict. Teacher question: What have you made to show me what you know about conflict?
At the beginning (before teaching):
Student reflection
Then - I thought . . .
Having
a little argument because that is what conflict means or having a little
fight. My mum and dad have told me that.
At the end:
Student reflection
Now - I know . . .
I am fighting with a snake, because he was
creeping up behind me and I didn’t see him. When I turned around he was there
and then I start fighting with him and he bit me on the finger.