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Today for the first time I implemented some strateies I learnt from my session with Maria. Writing Groups: Today I implemented writing groups for the first time. I think it was a success because I was able to spend more focused time with the children and really able to begin to notice where they were struggling. My teaching was more appropriate to their writing ability. The other aspect that I really liked was the free choice that the children who were not writing with me got to experience. While I took writing groups, another teacher supervised children for 'free writing', handwriting cards and spelling cards. The children got to choose which activity they wanted to work on, and to my suprise, most of them chose to do 'free writing'. Some comments from colleagues that were present at the time included... "I think it worked really well" "The children really enjoyed it and your teaching was able to be more focused on the children that needed the sup...

Maria came today to work with me on tracking children's progress. She brought some wedge graphs that track reading levels and amount of words children can spell. Writing - I need to focus on explicitly teaching children phonemic awareness because some children find it really difficult to understand the 'code' of reading and writing. I can do through focused writing groups 3x a week, using whiteboards for younger groups, group modeling books, more efficiently utilizing Pam during my writing and creating an activity like Marias 'Riddle Me Tree' to increase high-frequency words. My Yolanda Soryll course on Monday should also develop this area. Maths - Maria gave me a few tips for my maths lessons. The hotspot game. This is where you write a number on top of the board and put lots of different ways to make the number at different levels on the board, some incorrect. The children then have to find the ones that are incorrect and correct. Also to develop imaging she s...

Incredible Years for Teachers Workshop 1 Session Notes- NAPIER GROUP 19 February 2018 Workshop Principles Know your child Group Know your parents Myra Have fun with your class Group Be aware of the invisible children Don’t take the child’s misbehaviour personally - Myra Find the student’s hook Shelley Give children responsibilities Nicole Be pro-active Madi Children need ownership of the rules Rules need to be explicitly modelled and taught Group Rules need to be practiced Nicole Use visuals to teach routines Shari Give precise and positive Instructions Nicole and Jen We praise the behaviours we want Shelley Laugh at ourselves Group Use rule reminders Shari Display the class rules Building Positive Relationships with Students - Brainstorm Dance and sing with the children 1-1 time e.g. before school, at break times: talking and listening Meet and greet; being available before school Do a su...