Week 9

Thinking to myself about how the class is running, it is great to see the children really getting into the routine.

I am so happy with my Maths planning. It is clear for the children, they are quiet and focused. They have a group task board to follow which includes basic facts activities, follow up activities, ICT, and numeracy games. I am getting a lot of quality work out of them at this point. It is very rare when my group sessions are disturbed, which is great. The only thing I am trying to work on at this point is to allow for more time during each group session.

I am still unhappy with my Reading Planning. This is something I am going to change up completely over the school holidays. I do not want to do it now as the children will just get into it and then it will be the school holidays.
I observed another teacher's reading programme today. I noticed that she had a limited amount of Can Dos for the children to choose from. I also noticed that a must do for them was to silently read their story to themselves straight away. As I see 3 groups each day and the children get two books a week I think it would be a good idea to have the children silently read their book on a Monday and a Wednesday (these are the days that they get new books) and then buddy read on Tuesday and Thursday (they will be more familiar with their books on these days).
I am planning on doing a little bit of research and looking into what other reading activities I could use. I know that some children are getting bored and I would like to have activities that excite the children.