Teaching Portfolio

Reflection: I feel this feedback closely reflects my own observations about learning conferences. I was pleasantly surprised at how well my girls shared their learning during conference. I think the template I provided in the form of a google slide helped the girls structure their speech. This worked well for the year 3 level as they had some choice over which examples they shared but the template provided structure. Next year I would do something similar. I would aim to include a wider scope of their learning though to include some specialist subjects as we just focused on the core subjects.

This term I was asked to share my experience and knowledge in Seesaw with my colleagues. I was pleased to have this opportunity and be recognised for something I have been putting a lot of time and effort in to. I feel I still have a long way to go with my Seesaw journey but look forward to the process. I am particularly interested in how we can accurately report to parents through Seesaw in a way that is clear and obvious to them. My goal in Term 4 and moving in to next year is to think further about how I am putting together assessment tasks. I have used a few assessment tasks with the girls however I'm not sure they are clearly showing progress and levels to the parents. It would be interesting to gain some parent feedback on this.

After being inspired by Sol's Spanish lesson I have decided to change the way we do the roll in the morning. In terms one and two I challenged the girls to answer the roll in as many different languages as possible. This term I decided to take a more authentic approach. I introduced the girls to various emotions in Te Reo Māori as well as the question "kei te pehea koe?" and response "kei te..... ahau." The girls once again surprised me with how quickly they grasped this new routine and concept. Within a week they were confidently answer the question with a range of responses and even researching their own extra emotions aside from the ones I had provided. I would like to see Te Reo Maori become a bigger part of our school culture the same way Spanish has. My girls would currently greet me with a pretty even mix of "hi" and "hola!", would it be great if "kia ora" was added in too?

I have been looking for ways to increase the oral language capabilities of my ESOL and less confident learners. I have two ESOL children in my room who have good English language skills but struggle with matching the correct tense to verbs as well as three other children who are reluctant to speak to others or in groups. After doing some research I found this blog article on card games for ESOL learners. https://busyteacher.org/17617-deck-of-cards-5-simple-language-activities.html I have used card games in the past to teach co-operative skills to Autistic children so thought this could be a good strategy for ESOL learners as well. Due to the repetitive nature of simple card games and repeated sentence structures I am hoping it will increase confidence among these learners. Reflection: I introduced Go Fish to a small group of children (my 'target' children along with some other more confident children to act as models). Before beginning the game I set the following expect...