Te Wānanga ki Te Tai Tokerau

I te pai te akoranga o ētahi taupānga puoro mai a Jacob Walker.  I hanga e au he waiata mai te taupānga puoro 'Song Maker'.

Pātaka Kupu - Vocabulary

I am looking at changing up my timetable for reading in the new term. The reading program that I am using right now is working, but I have made some additions. I am keen to set up mahi where the students are involved in indepentant activities, where they can check and or mark their own work. A spreadsheet system where the tamariki fil in when they have completed their mahi. Something like forms where it can be managed and measured.

This weeks session was very informative and exciting. Filling the room with vocabulary has always been important for the learners in the classroom. I appreciated the idea of a word wall where the tamariki are able to add new and difficult words to and do some mahi on these words for further understanding and use for the words.

Timetable

 I have not changed the timeframe of our class timetable, but I have changed and added a few activities and tasks for the tamariki.  Most of the tasks are independant work, and also encourage choice for the student.  All the changes that have been introduced have been from the ideas and information shared through the RPI program.  As a teacher I want the tamariki to want to read, and enhance their love for reading.  Reading is not just fot learning, it can be fun as well. 

A lot of the changes involves that tamariki making decisions about what book they want to read, what kinds of reading material there are, where can they get information they are looking for, and how reading makes you feel.  The students are also encouraged to share their work and explain why they are working on a specific reading.

We are using edublog more for presentation and hopefully soon it will be a platform for reflection and feedback from their peers and whānau.