Reading Recovery Graduation - Wednesday 7 December

Training teachers and 2010 trained teachers are cordially invited to attend the Reading Recovery Graduation at Lalor Park PS hall.

Principals of training teachers are also welcome to attend.

Presentation of certificates and badges will occur for training teachers who have completed their first year of training. Presentation of certificates for second year trained teachers will also occur.

Please join us for a light morning tea preceding the presentation.

Time: 10.45am

Good numeracy skills are important for learning across all curriculum areas and are essential for life after school. Being numerate requires a blend of mathematical, contextual and strategic know-how. The project found that familiarity with the context of a task is important in successful problem-solving. Students already familiar with a context were readily able to engage with and complete tasks with mathematical demands but sometimes did this without necessarily being aware of ‘doing mathematics’. Knowledge of mathematics and knowledge of its application in a range of contexts seems to provide students with the confidence to have a go, make mistakes and try again.   Working with others helps students clarify and solve problems. They are able to discuss and observe peers’ strategies and this helps them organise their thinking. In general, the findings indicate that the project has reinforced the importance of numeracy in the primary school curriculum.  

In everything we do, realating it to something known gives it reference and meaning. When something is meaningful, we are able to use our prior information to learn something new.

For example, when you are learning how to efficiently create a filing system on your computer, thinking about the 4 drawer filing cabinet in your home office may be a start. Thinking of each drawer and each folder within this drawer may help you understand how the computer system works.

Children aquiring literacy are no different. When they are trying to learn something new, teachers who help the child use something they already know, will make the new learning faster, efficient and long lasting.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a long term (3-5 year) process to create safer and more effective schools by structuring the learning environment to support the academic and social success of all students. The adoption and long-term implementation of efficient and effective discipline throughout the whole school environment is critical to the process.

This site explains the Positive Behaviour for Learning process, shares related resources and will promote professional interaction between educators committed to creating positive learning environments.

PLEASE VISIT OUR BRAND NEW PBL WEBSITE!

 PBL website

Here are the links that we will be using today.

linoit - our post it notes

xtranormal - http://www.xtranormal.com/

To get extra XP send a request to stating that you are a teacher in NSW DEC.

http://xtranormal.zendesk.com/requests/new

Support pages are located at http://xtranormal.zendesk.com/home#overview

Cambridge Park demo
by: chungerz

animoto - http://animoto.com/

Please sign up as an educator at http://animoto.com/education

Support pages are located at http://help.animoto.com/home#overview

How to setup Votapedia can be found here.

Please leave any comments about the 3 tools and how you see it being used in your classroom.