In, April we have an opportunity to attend the Spring Conference at St. Mary's. This will be an excellent opportunity to see year 2 learners presenting their research and information. I am excited to learn some new things and bring them back to my classroom as well as get some insights and what I will be doing next year at conference as a year 2 learner.
We were able to choose 5 sessions. I chose a variety of topics to gain new insights in all areas of my teaching. Differentiation seems to be the buzz word in education in order to meet all learners needs. I am attending a session about how differentiation in reading affects fluency and comprehension. I am really looking forward to this as I am always look for reading strategies to help my students.
Another session I will be attending about reading has to do with a concept called Reciprocal teaching. This is really going to help me understand what needs in reading my students have and how to help them with this. It is also focused on comprehension strategies which is a big struggle for some students.
I am also going to a session regarding formative and summative assessments. The topic of assessments is very popular in the education world and figuring out the best ways to assess our students is crucial. This session looks at ways students can be advocates for their own learning and progress. I am really looking forward to this session regarding assessments.
The last two sessions are about integrating iPads to help engage students, motivate them, and increase their achievement scores and mathematical problem solving instruction . Our school has iPads for our students to use when we can check them out so I am looking forward to this session to help me use iPads effectively with my students. The mathematical problem solving instruction session is something I am really looking forward to. In the last couple months, I have been working on implementing math journals in my classroom. This is a way for students to reason in math and explain their thinking rather than just solve problems and get the correct answers. I am hoping this session helps me use math journals in my classroom effectively.
I hope to learn a lot a take away a lot of great resources from the conference in April.
