Below are photographs of children choosing their next step learning and marking their own writing using the 5 star checklist. The children are now getting used to choosing their own WALT and reading activities but I find this is sometimes taking too long. I had a think about this and decided I would give them options. I limited it to two options only so they have less choice (which takes too long) but they are still taking ownership of their own learning). I write the two options on a whiteboard and give it to the reading group and they decide as a group what it is they would like to achieve for the following week. I also give the children the option of keeping the current WALT if they feel they have not yet achieved it. Once the group has come to an agreement the Walt is recorded in my note book to be incorporated into my planning for the next week. Next the children move onto choosing the rotations they would like to work on in reading, again they are recorded in my note book for the planning. I found this works better, as it is quicker, the children have less choice so less confusion. The children work well as a group and are learning to listen to others opinions before choosing. This takes place on a Friday morning. It's at the end of the week so we can see if we have met the current learning goal, and move onto the new one for next week. Below are some pictures of it in action. This was another way of picking our goals for next week. The children read the chart in accordance with their level of reading book to pick a learning goal. The children worked together in their reading groups to choose their learning goals. They worked well together to come up with one that they all agreed on. How can I get my 5 year old's to take ownership of their learning? This links to Student agency, Children need to be involved in the co-constructing of their own WALTs and rotation activities in reading? After looking at the data and the planning from previous weeks,today I let the children decide what activities they would like to do for next weeks reading rotations and what WALT's they would like to work towards. I gave them a choice of activities and a choice of two WALTS. The reason I have done this was because when I was videoed during reading one of my goals to work on was co-construction of the student's learning. I needed to give them a voice. Below are the activities they voted on and the reading WALT's they chose are colour coded to match the reading levels and they are on the bottom. |
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