DREW'S TEACHER INQUIRY
Getting Started
What is this collaboration of schools all about?
Six schools have banded together to explore how we accelerate learning.
Professional development notes
How does one support akonga to take ownership of their learning through explicit teaching?
Explicit teaching
Multiplie expressions of learning
Provide opportunities for conversation, checking and reflection. Prompt / re-check with akonga. “Are you sure…?”
“Show me…”
Multiple application of learning intention: model / demo, shared demo, gradual release to independent learning.
Vocabulary Devlopment
Practical / hands-on learning
Synetic cards:
“How is anger like the sun?”- discussion cards, access prior knowledge.
Vocabulary cube: explain, draw, act it out, explain in an accent, non-example.
Word art: make the meaning clear by making art out of the actual text of the word.
Clines: organise academic vocabulary on a continuum
Leading questions
Actively engage learners with academic vocabulary using a range of experiences
Provide opportunities for conversation, checking and reflection. Prompt / re-check with akonga. “Are you sure…?”
“Show me…”
Multiple application of learning intention: model / demo, shared demo, gradual release to independent learning.
My notes: hear it from me.
