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Lorraine Carr

__ROUND ONE__ This week I worked with groups of children in our New Entrant class. Lorraine wanted the children to have a better understanding of the Habits of Mind. We chose eight of the (16) Habits that we felt would be most beneficial for the children to develop an increased understanding of. I worked with two groups of children each day looking specifically at one habit per group. During this time the children created a book to explain the Habit of Mind in their language. We took photos, created wordsplashes, found poems and even came up with hand signals to help us remember our learning! The children are very proud of their books and love sharing them with the rest of the class. We have made up posters to display in the cloakbay. Come and check out our hard work!

__ROUND TWO__ Returning to Room 10 with the Mrs Carr and her ‘littlies’, it was amazing to see how much they’ve grown and settled in since my last visit. Lorraine and I worked hard to get the pre-writers moving and used this opportunity to withdraw small groups for extra phonics, writing, handwriting and alphabet work. I introduced 'Interactive Writing' (where we all write the same story together but in our own book, with special emphasis on speed and hearing and recording sounds) with a small group and they made fantastic progress throughout the week. I also took th opportunity to work with the top maths group each day to build on their strategy knowledge in addition and subtraction.