Key Points for me:
A lot of my students lack grit & determination. Not just in maths but in all areas. As soon as something isn't easy they want to give up. However during free play, students often are faced with a problem that isn't easily solved. It is during this time that I see students collaborate to work out possible solutions. They often have to try a number of different ways before they experience success. I think through play I will teach students about 'The Learning Pit'. Hopefully once they start to understand the importance of mistakes & challenges, they will start to approach other learning areas with a growth mindset.
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Students were put in groups of 3. Each student had 1 of 3 roles - recorder, reporter & supervisor. Having the different roles made sure the students worked together. Only the recorder was to do any writing so the others had to use equipment and explain their thinking. Then it was important that the reporter could articulate the group's thinking.
To help make maths engaging this year, I have enrolled with Banqer. This has been authentic learning as they are learning about - money, Kiwi Saver, saving, loans, debt, mortgages, etc. In term 4 we will be retiring! Students will have to survive on their savings until the end of the year.
Fold it Cut it lesson. - During this lesson I only managed to get through the introduction where I cut a shape on a folded piece of paper and they had to predict what it would look like opened up. We worked on:
Today the focus was to predict and communicate the results of translations, reflections, and rotations on plane shapes.
My Next Learning Steps:
I believe my TAI has been successful. The children believe in themselves so much more than they did at the beginning of the year. All of my children have made progress - some even accelerated. Things that made a difference:
Evidence...Student 28 Year 4 Male 2015 - Below, Working at Stage 4 Thought he was good at maths. Maths made him feel okay. 2016 - Below (but has made accelerated progress - see PAT graph) Working at early 5. Basic Facts Feb 13% - Oct 20% I don't feel good about maths. I have never really liked it. I kind of liked maths when we were able to play with things. I liked playing with the rice and scales. Student 23 Year 4 Female 2015 - At, Working at Stage 4 Thought she was bad at maths. Maths made her feel happy. 2016 - At, Working at Stage 5, accelerated progress with PAT. Basic Facts Feb 10% - Oct 32% I have improved a lot with my maths this year. I practise my times tables on Skoolbo. I find maths with my group much easier. I like doing maths sheets but we don't do many. Student 14 Year 3 Male 2015 - At, Working at Stage 4 Thought he was good at maths. Maths made him feel happy. 2016 - Above Working at early Stage 6. Also got a stanine 9. Basic Facts Feb 8% - Oct 38% I feel great about maths. I kept practising my maths. I like when we do maths together on the mat. I am using different strategies now. Student 11 Year 3 Female 2015 - At, Working at Stage 4 Thought she was okay at maths. Maths made her feel okay. 2016 - Above Working at Stage 5 Basic Facts Feb 10% - Oct 36% I think I am so close to being thumbs up. I feel much better about maths now. I think maybe because I went from stage 4 to stage 5 in one maths session. I prefer when we do maths together as a group. It seems to be good because we can all be together to learn. Student 9 Year 3 Female 2015 - At, Working at Stage 4 Thought she was okay at maths. Maths made her feel happy. 2016 - At Working early 5 Basic Facts Feb 12% - Oct 35% I feel good about maths now. I enjoy maths more because I am learning more strategies which makes it easier to understand. I like the monthly basic facts tests. It helps me to get my maths right in a fast time. Student 3 Year 3 Male 2015 - At, Working at Stage 4 Thought he was bad at maths. Maths made him feel okay. 2016 - At, Working at early Stage 5. With encouragement is working at Stage 5. Basic Facts Feb 26% - Oct 26% I think I have improved with maths this year. I join in with my group more. I really enjoyed learning about weight and capacity when we used the rice and scales. Student 2
Year 3 Female 2015 - At, Working at Stage 4 Thought she was good at maths. Maths made her feel good. 2016 - At Working at early Stage 5. She relies on counting on unless she has someone with her pushing her to try another strategy. She CAN use stage 5 strategies when encouraged. Basic Facts Feb 8% - Oct 38% I think I have gone good with maths this year. I have been practising a lot at home with mum. I have enjoyed using the weighted socks to estimate weights. I also liked it when we weighed ourselves.
Modelling of a rich task and anticipating responses.
Although stage 5 students can do some tasks with fractions, students need to have mastered that the big idea - You need to know the size of the one. |
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