Guided reading group - Professor Prong
I went through my lesson plan which I think I had devised quite well. we predicted what might happen from the front cover and then the pictures in side the book. The students came up with some quite accurate outcome predictions, however they kept talking over the top of one another and I wasn't sure if stopping this behaviour is something that comes naturally from having familiarity with a group. It would be good to be able to get them to think about what they thing they want to say before they put up their hands and then um and ah through their thinking process.
Then my supervising teacher cut the lesson off early, which was somewhat frustrating when for once I actually had my time management on track. In summary, I had the students engaged in the task but could have given them more encouragement and devised ways to get them to think about their answers before answering a question. I think I'm not so used to Australian children who need attention more than they need to be right.
Fractions revision game
I changed my old core favourite Guns bombs and angels to Rain fire and lightening with trees instead of people because Rebecca had expressed some hesitation about having them killing each other with guns, which was a fair call!
The idea is to divide up the class into teams, preferably more than 2, with each team starting off with three lives. A grid is drawn up and behind each square is a hidden rain cloud, fire or lightening bolt. A correct answer elicits a pick of the board. A rain cloud signifies an extra life, a fire a loss of a life, and a lightening bolt the loss of a life for another chosen team.
The students were pretty into the game, and one group, after answering individually and getting answers wrong, started collaborating more, rather than the individual students trying to prove they knew the answers by themselves.
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