Term 3 Focus: DLOs

This term my aim is to encourage the students to use the rubrics that have been set up for them in Maths and Writing independently. Although we are currently experiencing some technical difficulties with the writing exemplars I am working on this and will hopefully have it functioning again soon.

I would love to focus on engaging my students in creating DLOs which demonstrate their learning which they can link to their Maths rubric as proof of ongoing achievement at their current stage. It will also encourage them to frequently visit the rubric and reflect on where they are working and what their next learning steps are.

Here is an example of an educreation that Room 7 have created demonstrating how to solve a multiplication problem. This is one of the forms of DLO I am to teach my students to use.

What I have learnt during Term 2

During this term I have seen how using the rubrics in writing and maths have encouraged my students to set goals and strive to succeed. It will be interesting to see what results using them on a regular basis over term three will bring.

Reflecting on Progress: Term 1

Over this term I have made a start. My students have begun to track their writing learning. With a focus on sentences we have used the rubric to assess our work. The students have then gone through and sent their work to the Picasa Album. This has made their work visible for their peers and others which makes them accountable for their work.
Next term I will make sure I take time to continue getting the students to self assess, justify this and to send their work to the exemplar folders. 

Visible Learning: Creating a bank of exemplars

We have begun! Over the term the students have been using the sentence rubric to judge where we are working. The students have then orally justified the year level of their work and sent it to a Picasa album which is embedded in our site.

Please visit our site and look at our writing exemplars.