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Richelle McDonald

__ROUND ONE__ This week I worked alongside Richelle who wanted to improve her Reading Programme. She set up Literature Circles with one group while I took the other. Richelle used the time to make and gather resources to be used independently by all groups during reading rotations. As part of the coaching week we also looked at individual and class spelling needs and I introduced a new spelling programme.

__ROUND TWO__ The week I was in her class was a chance for Richelle to work closely each day with her writing focus group (from her Teacher Inquiry) and build on their skills and development in writing to date. This allowed me to begin a poetry writing unit with the rest of the class. Our writing focus for the week was on editing; re-working and crafting our poetry based on feedback from others. I was very impressed at the quality of writing and how able they were to act on advice from others. As well as taking writing and a maths group, I worked with the Dr Suess reading group with a chapter book. We were able to create some great things in response to the story and it was wonderful to have the time to reflect on what we had read. Some of the Dr Suess group efforts are displayed in Room 13. Go and check them out!