Inquiry - Term 3
Team 2 were very lucky to have Jannie van Hees come and speak to us this term around literacy in our learning space, particularly focusing on writing, knowing how to cater/implement this into all ability levels. Jannie echoed it isn't all about extracting language from the children when this is a huge struggle which is seen in their writing so where are we going to put our lens? I have 11 out of my 21 learners who are ESOL learners, where some struggle to simply voice their opinions in the classroom. It is very important for us as teachers to have ongoing conversations with the students giving them many opportunities to improve their oral language, not just written. Allowing the students to participate in meaningful encounters and engagement with other learners, continually gifting the vocabulary to optimise the students learning and to help support the language is sticking to the learner. Once the 2 sentences had been written, Jannie says a word, kid identifies the word an