Swivel of Maths

Very scarily I swiveled myself during a Maths lesson with the Orange Squares. Here are my so whats;

What I did	So what? Or Why?
Clear LIs were given	Children knew what they were learning
Materials were used	Manipulation of the materials gave a greater depth of understanding
Discussions among the children	They were on task and engaged in their learning
I did a lot of questioning	Prompted their thinking, not giving them the answer
Praise	Created a positive environment so children felt included and able to take risks
Use of modelling book	Easy for me to refer to and for the children to see their learning un-packed
Set out expectations and why the set up was as it was	Great to talk about expectations, but did so in a negative way which could have started the lesson badly for some Ensure stay positive, praise those who sit where expected and do as told
Went round the circle to ask how higher they wrote their numbers to	No purpose Eliminate from the lesson (save 30 seconds!)
Told a child to put down their pen (after all pens were down)	To stop her fiddling BUT she wasn’t distracted so should have ignored the behaviour Although later in the lesson (after 16 minutes) she was drawing again and this was a sign that she was no longer engaged. Make the lessons shorter
Didn’t let some children finish the learning task	Others had finished and were doing nothing Split into 2 groups after warm up
Explaining in detail what their learning was to some	Children working at different rates Split into 2 groups after warm up
Long transition, children waiting to move to the next station	Off task behaviour Trickle children out to the next learning station when sure they have grasped the LI Give whole group the follow up learning task and set them up in a different space Eagle to organise transitions so my next group are ready (however what happens if in the flow and don’t want to stop Ding a bell a couple of minutes before I want the next group so Eagle can start the transition
Setting up took too long, need to maximise teaching time	Have whiteboards, pens and other materials all ready to go before the lesson
LI was to look at building teen numbers and ended up with children imaging 96 and writing it in the place value houses!	Showed great progress through place value Could have stopped the lesson after 13 minutes when we had achieved the LI This means that I do have the time to split them into 2 groups

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