Focus on key competencies
One of the neat things about doing workshops is that Gay and I learn so much from other teachers.
One teacher talked about how she used post-it notes during the session to record things that the children said that related to the key competency focus.
I tried this out with a class I was working with last week and it was brilliant.
We introduced the focus - 'Being kind to others' (Relating to others) by exploring with the class what they thought this meant. What it would look like / sound like, if we were being kind to others.
We then asked the children to think about being kind as they worked and to remember if anyone was kind to them.
During the session the class teacher and I moved around the various activities observing and asking if they had noticed anyone being kind. The children had all sorts of examples for us
"I needed a marble for the marble track and Rhys passed one over for me."
"Jacob asked for a turn on the stilts and then waited patiently."
"Gemma asked if she could join in and we said yes and gave her a doll to play with."
"I could see that Luke needed the butter so I passed it to him and he said thank you."
As we collected examples it reminded children of what the focus was and helped them use appropriate language. We stuck the post-its on the board and shared them during reflection time. This made the reflecting time much faster as we had the examples already recorded and could talk about why each one was kind and how it made people feel.
A great strategy and one I will use again.
Posted by Brenda on 27th June, 2011 | Comments | Trackbacks
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