Students from my ALiM groups teaching other kids as past of their front loading.
Last week I did a few mini assessments from GLOSS to see how they were doing. What I did learn from it was that my students were struggling with interpreting the words and grammar. So I created a mixture of addition and subtraction word problems using their names to increase engagement. We have been working on deciphering the problem operation from the words which has had limited success.
This week we had the ALiM network meeting. It was great to discuss our successes and challenges with each other especially finding that we were all struggling with similar things, like am I doing it right? Do I have enough rich and open tasks? How is my teaching different? I shared that I feel like I am succeeding because there is a definite positive growth mindset amongst both my groups. I have found that I use lots of different but related hands on learning activities in short bursts so no boredom. I can definitely see how I can use these more in my classroom teaching.
Last week I did a few mini assessments from GLOSS to see how they were doing. What I did learn from it was that my students were struggling with interpreting the words and grammar. So I created a mixture of addition and subtraction word problems using their names to increase engagement. We have been working on deciphering the problem operation from the words which has had limited success.
This week we had the ALiM network meeting. It was great to discuss our successes and challenges with each other especially finding that we were all struggling with similar things, like am I doing it right? Do I have enough rich and open tasks? How is my teaching different? I shared that I feel like I am succeeding because there is a definite positive growth mindset amongst both my groups. I have found that I use lots of different but related hands on learning activities in short bursts so no boredom. I can definitely see how I can use these more in my classroom teaching.
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