ESF Snapshots from the Foundation 2014
VISIBLE LEARNING
EVIDENCE GATHERED
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Baseline assessment – pose the question ‘What does a good thinker in 4M look like?’ Children record on whiteboards.
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Answers ranged from ‘I don’t know’, ‘follow the class rules’, ‘takes risks’
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After 8 weeks baseline question ‘What does a good thinker in 4M look like?’ re-asked and recorded as ‘Think 2’
NEXT STEPS
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4M learners used as experts of thinking skills for other classes
WOWS
TaT is one of the highlights of the week. If I forget to include it I will be reminded! During our reflection time the students include times they have used their thinking skills in other areas of the curriculum that I haven’t been involved in eg Mandarin, PE and science rotations with other Y4 teachers.
In regular class discussions students will point out if someone has used a particular type of thinking (even when I haven’t made it explicit).