We are now moving toward
the end of the year and many children in my class have made significant
progress. There are a few children who are still struggling especially with the
holiday break. The first week of school was basically trying to get back into
routines and catching up where we left off at the end of Term 3.
My inquiry focus for
this term is continuing to work on, mathematical terms, languages and concept
especially when solving word problems. Yes, many children can solve number sentences
but once given in a word problem they have difficulty comprehending,
understanding the question and therefore get the answer incorrect. I find that
sometimes children revert to guessing or simply shrug their shoulders. The
group that I’ll be working with, will be looking at word problems,
understanding and talking about what strategy they have to use to solve the
problem but most importantly highlighting key words in the problem that tells
us what we need to do. Once again we will be focusing on unpacking and
analysing mathematical terms and language.
