Spelling Inquiry Reflection

The children have enjoyed playing the spelling games that I introduced in the first term. There are a few management things I need to change. Instead of the whole class working on the same activity I will have a rotation system that is similar to the reading activities system. It is important that there is an expectation and accountability that the children complete their spelling tasks.

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Kath Murdoch Day

For my schools Teacher's Only Day we attended Kath Murdoch. She shared ideas about how to lead children through a successful inquiry. It was great day of being challenged and inspired. One idea that stood out to our school was how valuable it is for the children to have a 'tool box' of thinking strategies. I have taken some time over these school holidays to reflect and think about how I can develop the children's 'tool box'. In the classroom I will display a 'tool box' sign and as we try a strategy I will add a picture and word prompt that matches the tool under our tool box. The first tool is; See, Think, Wonder. We will use this to explore kiwiana pictures and how they relate to our culture.

Another thing I want to try is her idea about goal setting. I always struggle with managing to keep the children's individual goals up to date. Kath's idea was to display a set of goals on the wall. Mine will be about our school learner profile characteristics. These will be displayed with a bullet point criteria developed with the children. The children will place their name beside a goal they need to work on for the week. During the week we will discuss and reflect on how they are managing to meet that goal.

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