REFLECT ON OUR LEARNING

Close your eyes and take the time now to reflect on your progress last term.

With our eyes closed, I’m going to ask you a few questions.

With your maths results aside…

1. Hands up if you feel you’ve grown in mathematics this term.

2. Hands up if you think you did your best this term.

3. Hands up if you feel you succeeded.

4. SWOT analysis in your book.Strengths – (internal) what I was good at

Weaknesses – (internal) what I need to work on

Opportunities – (external) Positive influences. Things that will help me

improve my performance.

Threats- (external) Negative

influences. Things that won’t help me

improve my performance.

10 minutes

LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING

Hand out worksheet 1

We’re going to do a bit of an exercise now to help us realise something about learning…

Step 1. Take off your shoes. Step 2. Line them up around the room in a circle. Stand

next to your shoes. Step 3. Move five paces forward. STOP

2 minutes

LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING

1. Hands up if you have shoes that fit you.

2. Hands up if you have shoes that don’t fit you.

3. Move another four paces.

4. Repeat 1 – 2

Are we all different? Are we all good at the same thing? Do you think we learn in the same way?

2 minutes

LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING

Think of your favourite sport.

In professional sport, what do you think of these situations? Rugby – Could the Hooker play the job of the Wing? Cricket – Could the Fielder play the job of the Bowler? Soccer – Could the Goalie play the job of the striker? Volleyball – Could the Setter play the job of he Spiker?

Do we all have different strengths?

Hands up if Maths is your strength area?

Hands up if English is your strength area?

Go through each subject.

2 minutes

ARE YOU ALIKE OR ARE THERE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES?

Answer question 1

2 minutes

IF OUR CLASSROOM IS GOING TO WORK FOR ALL OF US, WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?

Do we all work at different paces?

Do some people need more time on things?

Do we all have the same level of knowledge?

Do we all learn in different ways?

Should we do something about this?

What roles will each of us play?

Answer Question 2

2 minutes

IF WE HAVE A DIFFERENTIATED CLASSROOM, CAN IT BE FAIR?

Is it fair that everyone do everything the same all the time?

Answer Question 3

2 minutes

WHAT WILL SUCCESS IN THIS CLASS MEAN?

Is everyone successful at the same thing all the time?

How is success different for everyone?

Is it successful to get easy As or to work tirelessly and just pass?

What does it mean to be proud?

Do grades reveal the whole story?

So, how will I know if you’re succeeding?

How will you know?

2 minutes

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND TWO THINGS ABOUT SUCCESS

1. Working diligently and intelligently leads to growth

2. Growth ultimately enable us to achieve and exceed most goals!

So, it is often that you will hear your teachers ask, “is this the best YOU can do – the most you can give to this task?”

OUR VISION FOR NEXT TERM

On poster paper, draw what our class should look like next term if it’s going to be fair for everyone. Include:• Variations in how we might be learning.• Variations in how we might be succeeding.• Variations in how we might be working.

10 minutes

INFORMATION ABOUT ME MY TEACHER SHOULD KNOW

Worksheet 2

5 minutes

EXTRA ACTIVITY – SHOWING HOW WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT

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Graph Me

How are we different? Compare your graphs with each other at your group.