Gretchen's learning

After today's session with Hilton I feel really motivated about continuing working with the small group of Year 2-3 students on stage 3 Sharp Reading strategies. Before this session I had only worked with this group one time. I'd attempted explicit teaching of unpacking sentences and it was probably quite a confusing lesson for us all! Afterwards I was wondering if they were ready for stage 3 so today's session with Hilton was great timing. Explicit teaching - My explanation of the learning for the lesson and orientation to the book ( The King's Birthday) was fine. Hilton said at stage 3 you wouldn't normally do such a front load of the story from the pictures but it was appropriate for these learners. My modelling of unpacking sentences was ok too, though I need to remember to ask the students to look at the text while I unpack. Guided practice - this is where my first lesson fell over (well I didn't really do it) and what Hilton stepped in and modelled today....

Learning the  narratives of our land  and the history of where we are will be an important part of  renaming our school and working in partnership with Ngati Tamaoho.  For our own learning I'd suggest taking the time, if you haven't already, to watch Stories of Tainui . (links to video in article below). Spinoff Article  'This one was personal: Mihi Forbes on the new Tainui wars documentary' .  Other resources for learning/teaching Māori History: MoE is inviting us to test draft content for Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories and are seeking feedback by 31 May 2021 Matauranga resources Much of the Papakura was historically wetlands -The Science Learning Hub  shared  Repo (wetlands) - a context for learning    I think prioritising learning such as this will go some way towards making the 'identity, language, and culture of Māori students and adults evident in teaching and learning experiences'  Define the classroom culture -TKI ...