The Situation Students need to understand the overall purpose of learning. The Solution Students always need to understand why the learning is important. Learning Intention A learning intention is a statement that summarises what a student should know, understand or be able to do at the end of a lesson or series of lessons. The … Continue reading Learning Intentions
Month: May 2020
WRITTEN FEEDBACK
AITSL STANDARDS: 5.2 - Provide feedback to students on their learning Provide timely, effective and appropriate feedback to students about their achievement relative to their learning goals. The Situation You need to give written feedback on a short story or essay. The Solution When giving feedback to students on their writing, their is always a … Continue reading WRITTEN FEEDBACK
Before, During And After Reading
AITSL STANDARD: 2.5 - Literacy and numeracy strategies Apply knowledge and understanding of effective teaching strategies to support students’ literacy and numeracy achievement. The Situation Your want your students to utilise a variety of different reading strategies. The Solution When reading a text, it is important that students are given the chance to reflect before, … Continue reading Before, During And After Reading
Teaching.. How to Annotate a Short Story
The Situation Your students need to learn how to annotate a short story. The Solution There is nothing like annotating a story to generate ideas and a great discussion. Annotating is the process of highlighting and making notes on a written text (For example, short story). Check out this annotation of Examination Day, by Henry … Continue reading Teaching.. How to Annotate a Short Story
Chunking: How to make encourage student engagement
The Situation Your students need to express their ideas through a short response. The Solution Whenever I watch a movie with a classroom setting, I see always seem to see the teacher say "Here is your assessment, it is due on Friday." No explanation. No clarification. Nothing. I can't think of anything more from the … Continue reading Chunking: How to make encourage student engagement
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