Literacy

                                                   TOD - 27 November 2017
Literacy - Gaylene discussed the Hamilton East teaching reading expectation.
https://sites.google.com/hameast.school.nz/curriculum/reading/whole-school

SMART - focussing on 1 strategy until fully embedded and then moving to the next one. Children get confused when bombarded with too many strategies at the same time. Just say " Try it "

List of  reading prompts  made by Lynda - repeated reading seen text with a teacher aide until 100% accuracy. Teacher does the normal teaching.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nGYByEpP-9T-iO5hPwVAN7FvPf6ZlYPi

STEPS - specifically designed for dyslexic kids, goes over and over the word to get embedded , they need to see the word 500 times. they need to do it everyday. The children can follow the prog in high school as well.

Maths - Five Talk Moves

Maths 

Maths PL with Rachel Carson

The focus for today was -

Orchestrating discussion

The implementation of the five practices

Problem solving with a focus on teaching number through strand.

Great Maths PL as it challenged our maths thinking and reminded us about the importance of talking with children, questioning their thinking and processes, and listening to children's explanations of how they are solving their maths problems.

Orchestrating Discussion - 
Talk  - reveals understandings and misunderstanding
        - supports robust learning by boosting memory
        - supports deeper reasoning
        - supports language development

The Five Practices:

Anticipating - what are their misconceptions?

Monitoring - observing children, listening to their thinking - orchestrating discussions
Selecting - children to explain, discuss their working out (not the correct answer first) - reponses affect the quality of the discussions.
Sequencing - select contributions in sequence - gives control over discussion
Connections - making links, working within contexts, integrating strands

Ways of problem-solving - 
I am thinking of a rectangle that has an area of 24cm2 - what could the perimeter be?
Create a 'Factopus' - eg: factors of 24

What if the perimeter is 35?

Caterpillars & leaves;
Strategies -  
2.5x12
add in 5's
2+2+2+ - so  5+5+5+

'Golden Spiral' - Ted Talk - on Fibinocci
https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html

Mondrian Art
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-mondrian-piet.htm

Best Evidence Synthesis:

What does a worthwhile maths task look like?

- Maths Focus - requires students to think with and about maths ideas.
- Problematic Tasks - 
- Practice Activity - improve computational fluency, problem solving skills or conceptual 
  understanding. (e-learning tasks as support as well as card and game activities)
- building on children's learning
- hands on experiences
- layers of complexity in the problem
- making connections
- integrating strands

Task to do - discuss in team meeting next week - start with a couple of problems a week - joint planning on a shared doc would be useful for the team.

Reflection

Need to plan problem solving keeping in mind how children can relate to that in their daily lives. 
Integrating number with other strands.
Giving children opportunities for hands on learning.

Jeanne Gilbert - Te Reo PL - IpPit Methodology and Unit Planning

Jeanne Gilbert - Te Reo PL - IpPit Methodology and Unit Planning

Another great session - more support for reaching Te Reo in class using the 

' iPpiT = Methodology           i-input, P-practice, p-production/output, i-interaction, T-task (backwards mapping)' with a focus on foods.

I will use the fruits children are familiar with - banana, orange and apple - using the 'Oral - Choral' process with 'ping-ponging' and 'looping'.

The children are familiar with practising in pairs and as a class as they use 'IRDPX' methodology for TeamTalk with their feelings.

We will continue with feelings, days of the week and include fruits with 'interactive phrases' - ie: Q & A format.

Maths PL 5 Talk Moves

Attended staff PL learning about 5 Talk moves.

Maths PL

Facilitated by Rachael Carson - Te Toi Tupu

Todays PL was focussed on developing student discussions to facilitate maths learning for children. It also included some problem solving tips -  eg:  (4.7x8 - several ways to work this out)

5 Talk Moves
- what are the other ways of doing this
: repeat others thinking
: add on  - prompting - how did you do that?
: re-voice in teacher speak
: agree or disagree?  why?
: wait time to think & process

Think Boards - laminated sheets for using with equipment or solving problems by drawing on them.

Maths curriculum expectations are that students solve problems in meaningful contexts.

1. Launch the problem - language, context, read the problem with the children so all understand the
    task.
2. Think time to assess the problem alone, then discuss with a peer to check understanding & teacher
    can observe & monitor how students  attempt the problem.
3. Pair - traffic lights - Green - independent; orange - understand but need some support; red - need
    help.
4. Share - talk builds memory & robust learning, deep reasoning.
5. Self reflection & practise - journalling - write down what they learnt today?

Creating the environment for professional problem solving is essential for a successful programme.
 - children can then construct their own learning.

Team task is to plan a problem solving lesson (- as per slide).

Personal challenge - pick one talk move to use this week then add on with a new one each week. 

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