This week has kind of passed in a blur. It was a busy one, with lots happening. I must say that when I started loosing my voice on Tuesday/Wednesday, I was sooooo not impressed. By Friday I only had a whisper, and my own family thought it was hilarious. This meant that the children were lucky to have a very cool reliever for Friday. Thanks Mrs S!!!
I wanted to share however a very cool I had as a teacher this week.
As you parents who came to our parent evening are aware our class is very driven by individual goals children have within key learning areas e.g. they have goals in reading, writing and maths. Well on Thursday I needed to get the children to complete a "writing sample" (a formal writing assessment where they are not allowed any assistance from myself or books ...). Well the kids have gotten so into looking at their goals and their "pink for think", "blue to do", "gold for glory" comments that after writing their name at the top of the sheet, a number of children went to their books to check their goals and see what they needed to practice/think about...
It was a very OHHHHH moment where you know that the effort you put into working these out with the kids was worth it because they are beginning to use them without being asked. Thanks guys.
For those parents who weren't able to attend the parent meeting ... I am hoping to be able to put the slideshow up on here that I went though (I was a bit worried that I wouldn't have a voice so it ended up being pretty detailed). So watch this space.
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