We Love To Blog - Film Festival 2019 Room 6

Room 6 decided to make a film about how important blogging is.  We chose to use the concept of an old New Zealand Lamb advert.  As a class we discussed what to include in our film and took votes when there were more than one option to ensure every student had a say in how the film would relate and be relevant to Room 6.

We had a lot of fun with this project and hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Financial Literacy - Maths PLD

Integrating Maths

The integration of maths is using everyday life situations that connect with the learner. My challenge is now to see how I can adapt this for my NE learners.

Using money in different areas of math.

Using topical events such as the... 

Rugby World Cup

 Using business as a tool for math

Enterprise

Teacher Inquiry Focus

My inquiry focus is to be more aware if strengthening the students connection to the essential words will not only increase words knowledge but also their comprehension.

I am focusing on a core group of 5 students, both male and female.   

Inquiry Focus 3

These students have found it challenging to recall the list of 10 essential words.  With the use of different strategies and deliberate focus on the essential words there has been a marked progress from the first round of testing.

	BT	GS	BC	BS	GM
a	1	1	1	1	1
i	1	1	1	1	1
it	2	1	1	1	1
in	2	1	1	1	1
my	2	3	1	1	1
to	1	2	4	1	1
we	3	2	2
the	3	3	1	1	1
was			4
and	3

Backwards Mapping of Teacher Inquiry

Looking at my learners and where they were at, I made the decision to have my inquiry look at how I could raise my learners achievement by them feeling confident about knowing the essential spelling words. As shown below in my Backward Mapping diagram. 

Target student word knowledge has improved but connections between these words and reading are not there. Target students know words in isolation but are not yet able to use in an independent reading/writing context. Observations of Anna Salmon (PBS Reading Recovery teacher) have allowed me to introduce several activities to help my students make the connections in independent reading/writing contexts. Data analysis has been ongoing and maps current progress. This is particularly useful when I refer back to my original backwards map.

• These are some of the changes I have made in my practice because of my teacher inquiry:
• Introduction of visual scaffolds (eg: flash cards) used across curriculum areas
• Teacher modelling of language that students are to use in writing and strategies such as searching for words on alphabet card and sound out).
• Implemented Reading Recovery word knowledge strategies (eg: drop counters in cup when hear sound/letter shapes)
• Timetable changed to cater for late students
• Phonics

Going forward after talking to our PBS Col - Robyn Anderson I will be implementing these activities for learners at school and home as ways to make the connections:

• Kete talanoa
• Heather Collins
• Word jigsaw to introduced as part of guided session and home reading activities