2018 Term 1 Grade 7 English Unit reflection by KMHS https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8 Made with whimsy en-us 2018-05-02 13:26:09 UTC 2018-05-10 03:12:16 UTC hello@padlet.com I liked the way we organised the Monday group. Where we took our own group and chose specific spelling activities and taught those explicitly so students would gain maximum benefit from working with their words in a more structured way. May have taken away the 'fun' of working in a bigger group though. karen_furley https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/258255420 2018-05-06 00:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/258255420 The activities need to be tailored towards a specific spelling strategy for example the frayer model supports the meaning strategy. Maybe we look at a specific spelling strategy each week and only do the activities that support that strategy karen_furley https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/258255534 2018-05-06 00:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/258255534 I agree the Monday group worked well. As someone who does not have a Gr7 English class, it gave me the chance to get to know some of the kids https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102320 2018-05-08 22:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102320 Some students still had spelling errors in their spelling lists. This became more apparent on the post-test https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102457 2018-05-08 22:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102457 Somehow I would like to see students access a wider range of words for their spelling lists. Some students worked on 8 or less words for 5 weeks and still made spelling errors. https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102618 2018-05-08 22:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102618 I liked that we decided to work with smaller groups rather than 1 large group. I also liked the idea of choosing what activi kathleen_hodges https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102835 2018-05-08 22:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259102835 Some students had trouble remembering what group they were in and this lead to confusion. kathleen_hodges https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259115813 2018-05-09 00:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259115813 As term 1 had a lot of interruptions maybe we could look as starting toolbox either later in term 1 or from term 2 onwards. This will assist in students becoming more familiar with KMHS kathleen_hodges https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259115977 2018-05-09 00:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259115977 Having the students mix with other classes worked well and the activities were challenging if done correctly https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259508230 2018-05-10 03:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259508230 Some students were quite disorganised and often lost or misplaced their checklist and/or spelling words https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259508280 2018-05-10 03:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259508280 Agree with the above comment of starting it later in term one to allow more time to plan an engaging and productive uni https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259508327 2018-05-10 03:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/KMHS/a0ft6xm357w8/wish/259508327