In the first week of this term, I was observed teaching a Writing lesson. My WALT was aiming for the students to be able to use connectives to sequence their ideas. Prior to that, we had read a story and the students were highlighting all the connectives in the story. We discussed and listed all the connectives that they have used in their writing, getting them to talk through Think, Pair, Share then complete some sentences with the connectives and had time to reflected on what they have learnt and whether they have achieved their goal.
I thought that I have done a pretty good lesson until I sat in the feedback session and listened to the “students’ voice” or “students’ agency”. I noticed that only one person out of the three students was able to answer the questions.
It made me realise that I need to have time to reflect by questioning the students to make sure they understand the WALT and co-constructed the success criteria, discussed the task and why we are focusing on that topic or genre.
Now every time I start teaching a topic I made sure that everyone in the group understands what to do and why we do it. I do believe my students’ needed that repetition. Repetition is good because it provides them a chance to master that knowledge that is being taught and it increases confidence.
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