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How am I getting on?

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A hugely rewarding aspect of my inquiry would have to be students choosing to complete a piece of writing during 'Free Choice.'  These students were incapable of writing a simple sentence at the beginning of the year and dreaded 'writing time'. Once I praised a boy on an excellent choice of activity, I asked him why he decided to pick writing, with his response 'Because I'm getting good at it.' He has grown in confidence and become intrinsically motivated to strive to succeed. Below he is represented as #3 of the progression images. #1 in the images is a student who struggles to speak a sentence correctly. At the beginning of the year, she would sit at the back of the class and rarely share her ideas with a peer. As my inquiry has a heavy focus on culturally responsive practices, before the students head away to write we have a discussion on the mat in small groups, followed by expanding this where the floor is open for anyone to share their ideas. This al