I have just completed my students' progress reports and portfolios and it seems time to reflect on my own progress toward my professional growth plan.
1. Inquiry: I have been thinking a lot about creating authentic tasks for my students. I have discovered, through trial and error, that my idea of authentic task does not align well with my early learners' idea of authentic tasks. I have discovered that play feels very authentic to my students. I have also discovered that my students' preferred authentic audience is their parents. I am reflecting on this and looking for ways to connect the dots so that my students' can experience the power of authentic learning. I think that some showcase of learning for parents might work well for this particular group of children.
2. Smart Learning: We have completed a number of sequences. I am finding that the students are quite successful at sending and receiving powerful images to their partners. We have been extending our vocabulary through the literature that we have been using and these powerful words are showing up in our speaking and writing as well. Hidden object has also been a great connecting activity with these students. We will continue to expand our repertoire of Smart tools that we use on a regular basis.
3. Gender Differentiation: I have implemented many "boy friendly strategies." For example, we use movement as often as possible within our learning day. We have non-fiction books for students to select from. Still, my number of boys who fell into the approaching and not yet categories for their reading benchmarks was higher that I would like to see. When we look at the composite reporting for the class for all the outcomes, most of my students of both genders are meeting expectations in most areas. I still am looking for strategies to help the boys on their reading fluency and comprehension journey. This will continue to be my main focus for the remainder of this school year.
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