Snow day! Almost... Today, due to the bad weather, we had a total of three grade sevens show up at school today. At least that beat the attendance of the grade 8's and 6's, which only had one student show up each.
So today's reflection is about creating positive lessons in the time off that you have. It's a great opportunity to catch up on marking, lessons, and planning in general.
For me, I need to focus on working on closure activities. It's one of my toughest areas as I either lose track of time or give students extra time to get stuff done. I do the occasional exit card or activity, but I need to be CONSISTENT with my approach. Even just seeing that students are on the same page and ready to continue would be beneficial to teaching.
I think that I also need to STOP ASSUMING that students have learned the material, but to collect it in a meaningful way that can prove where they are learning. I guess formative assessment is a lot more difficult than I thought. It's more than just wandering around a room...
Something to work on I suppose!
So today's reflection is about creating positive lessons in the time off that you have. It's a great opportunity to catch up on marking, lessons, and planning in general.
For me, I need to focus on working on closure activities. It's one of my toughest areas as I either lose track of time or give students extra time to get stuff done. I do the occasional exit card or activity, but I need to be CONSISTENT with my approach. Even just seeing that students are on the same page and ready to continue would be beneficial to teaching.
I think that I also need to STOP ASSUMING that students have learned the material, but to collect it in a meaningful way that can prove where they are learning. I guess formative assessment is a lot more difficult than I thought. It's more than just wandering around a room...
Something to work on I suppose!
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