In my kinder prac we use 5 or 10 minute brain breaks in the middle of a session. I was worried that the students wouldn’t be able to come back to the learning focused after it, but I was surprised to find how positive the experience was! 🧠#ACUedu_p
Working with the Challenging Learning Framework at my prac school has opened my eyes to the sometimes accidental restrictions we can place on students. #ACUedu_p
I found Health really interesting to teach on prac as it was about safety & making sure we all feel okay - the students wrote 5 people they feel they can go to when they are sad or feel unsafe - they were all highly engaged in the task & were proud of the end results! #ACUedu_p
I find that open ended tasks are a great opportunity for partners to work together collaboratively. As a teacher it is great to sit back and listen to their conversations and negotiations. It will tell you a lot about their understanding. #ACUedu_p
I believe that a child should never be told to simply stop crying. They need to know that their emotions are important and valid and that they are always supported.
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It has been extremely helpful having our university lecturers at Canberra campus organising drop in sessions to guide us through our GTPA. I appreciate this support. #ACUedu_p
This week we have been working with data and graphing. My kinders have loved the opportunity to work with concrete materials like counters as inspiration for their graphs. #Acuedu_p
Last Thursday, as part of our transport and location unit, we were given the opportunity to be the first school to visit the light rail depot in Canberra! #ACUedu_p
Today was left and right day! We set up a range of opportunities for each student to experiment with there positional and directional language ✅👈🏼👉🏼#ACUedu_p
Introduced Quiet Critters into my Kinder class this week to help them with staying focus and quiet during writing and reading. Safe to say it was a success! (Photos from Pinterest) 🤫 #ACUedu_p
Finally finished writing up my Maths unit plan & assessment criteria for the GTPA lessons - went through the GTPA instructions & im starting to feel a little better about the workload! #stepbystep#ACUedu_p
Want students to remember something? Ask them to draw it! Research shows that drawing boosts learning by forcing us to process information in multiple ways: visually, kinesthetically, and linguistically.