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Banyan Fields Primary School. David Ingram - Prep Melissa Beer – Prep leader Alissa Marney – Grade 1 / 1-2 Leader Sue Williams – Grade 2 Lucy McDonald – Literacy Co- ordinator Lachlan Featherston – Maths Co-ordinator. Reflections about your teaching practice.
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Banyan Fields Primary School • David Ingram - Prep • Melissa Beer – Prep leader • Alissa Marney – Grade 1 / 1-2 Leader • Sue Williams – Grade 2 • Lucy McDonald – Literacy Co-ordinator • Lachlan Featherston – Maths Co-ordinator
Reflections about your teaching practice As teachers and leaders, what have you been doing differently in your classrooms and schools since attending CPOL? Oral language focus Explicit assessment for oral language Planning based on observations Ongoing assessment How did you plan for this? Literacy group sessions Investigations – targeted teaching groups Warm up activities Displayed in planner • .
The main areas focused on were the 4 areas highlighted on day 3 – Phonics and phonological awareness Sentence structures – Colorful Semantics Story grammar – (retell) Vocabulary – Synonyms test Pre and post test data Video recordings used as a teaching tool e.g. working on volume and expression, reducing teacher talk, assessment and feedback Investigations program Transition project – focus on Speaking and Listening Teaching practice continued…
What were the needs of the children in your school/class in relation to oral language development? Vocabulary development – e.g. maths wordsRetelling stories, using correct structureSpeaking in extended sentencesListening to others / recall of what they have saidAssessment - Video recordingScreeningClassroom observation and notesSynonym testPhonics assessmentStory grammar screening
Your students continued… Progression with Phonological awareness – assessment results Progression with vocabulary – Synonyms test results Word use in writing Progression with story grammar – assessment results This progression was evident in writing samples – stories for Big Write program Progression with sentence structure (cards) – evident in writing Progression with listening skills evident during discussion / turn and talk (documented eg for Transition study) Progression with expression and volume – evident in reading, including reading speed (words per minute)
Planning for 2015: What are some of the ideas and plans you have for continued implementation in 2015 and beyond ? Whole school implementation Staff training – staff meetings SMART goals How will you assess the oral language needs of the students in your new classes in 2015? English Online ICPALER Oral language screening profile Observation, notes, IPAD taping for review