Last Friday (yes, anyone reading this will realize this took me a few days to write) I submitted my first week of planning to be looked at. Overall I found this planning to be fairly straightforward, if at times, a lot to do. Once I got into the flow, it was easier to figure out the learning outcomes and work from them to create something simple but also that focuses on that specific LO. Slowly but surely things are making sense. The feedback was mostly positive on those lessons and the suggestions given were manageable (mostly adding more information to the plans so they are a bit clearer).
Unfortunately, not all of the planning was done beforehand, and I did spend some time this weekend working on flipcharts and sorting a few things out. It wasn't a massive amount of time, but it was some work. The goal in the future is to have most, if not all, of that sorted by Thursday night so I can enjoy my weekend and get recharged. Even the little bit of free time I had this weekend was helpful in making me feel better for Monday (today).
I'm not finding anything that difficult at the moment. I've learned a great many lessons in the past week (way too many to even just list here, and sadly some I've already learned in the past). I think the planning aspect though has been the biggest leap this week. For starters, just having a clear idea of what was expected and where to get the WALTs and how the lessons are structured. Also though, and probably more important, is the need to have the children constantly doing activities and switching. Further to that, I've made some attempts to include use of my Bloom's Taxonomy Chart in my planning as well as the success-o-meter in order to get the children not only thinking about their learning, but having them be in tune with what's on the walls around them. Now, the only thing is to actually execute the plans.
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