Visit to Morningside - Notes

Morningside Visit - Junior classroom

Here are my notes from a visit to Morningside Primary School. The class I visited was a modern learning environment with 3 teachers and one teacher aide and more than 60 kids.

Timetable

Roll

Jump Jam

Calendar

• What will our date be today? (child adds weather to the calendar)

• Count boys and girls

Maths - Top group go into other class

On Board - bring up plan / LI

• Count to 100 song
• Illuminations - Resource for teaching math
• Terrific ten - lot of hands on activities, making 10.

Split into groups - Word problems

• materials on hand
• which number is bigger in the word problem.

Phonics

Shared Book + activity - cut out words and match

Guided reading - Teacher read a part of the book and then each child did.

S -start counting

P -patterns

I -identifying numbers

N -number facts

Classroom displays Pepeha artwork Where in the world are we? (maps) Aotearoa - display on the wall Star chart Sight words speedway Reading stages Sight word key rings Terrific 10 - pictures of activities (maths) The letter of the week is....

Inquiry One per week Go through the whole process What they know? 3 groups do activities Writing Questions