Reflection - Heroes - Racing Rima

Reflections about Questioning, Sharing and Evaluating Heroes

The children put their talks together, [after I orally modelled several ways you could do it] using the information they discovered when they asked their Heroes their questions. Most children had developed questions which required more than a one or two word answer which resulted in informative talks.
Next time when we use the question map or are defining our questions for our own questions in our Inventor Inquiry, I will group the children, in order to help them at the Stage they’re at, and to give them an awarenesss of what Stage they’re aiming for.
I found it wasn’t a good idea having an able child helping a less able child with questions, as the less able child didn’t think for him/herself. But maybe I will pair children next term, a few times, as a practice exercise eg. in Reading to, I’ll read passages about an Inventor/invention and the children can have turns composing a question, so that they can help and learn from each other. Then they can define their questions, looking at what they specifically want to find out. More teacher modelling with student participation is needed too. Everyone needs more practice with developing specific questions.

The children practiced their talks with a buddy in order to become really familiar with the content, endeavouring to use our Oral Language goals. They gave their talk in conjunction with our Photo Story, “Heroes in Our Eyes,” where the photo of themselves holding their Hero Art and their talk were displayed on the big screen. Apart from one student, all the children seriously did their best. Our audience was the New Entrant, Year 1 and 2 class who were appreciative. The children had to Self Assess their presentation to well known and practised goals in order to ascertain Where To Next.
My next goal is for the children to work in pairs and make their own Photo Story, using photos they’ve taken of making our own inventions, and speak to them, so that the Oral language and ICT focuses continue to flourish.

Barbara Noaro Racing Rima Year 3 & 4