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Teach better now - Where's the new content for Assessment 6 of the NZCALNE on planning and facilitating embedded literacy and numeracy?

Teach better now – Where’s the new content for Assessment 6 of the NZCALNE on planning and facilitating embedded literacy and numeracy?

Kia ora and welcome to Collection 6

If you’re reading this then you are up to Assessment 6 in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc).

Good work…! This next part is heart of the programme. The focus is on planning and teaching embedded literacy and numeracy as part of what you do.

Like the other content, it will be live on Pathways Awarua as soon as possible. And as always, you can find on Graeme’s…

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TEACH: What's your supporting evidence?

TEACH: What’s your supporting evidence?

Right-O…! To finish this off, you need to provide evidence that supports the teaching that you’ve done.

We’d prefer it if you provided scans or digital images of your learners’ work. And where possible, we’d like it if you included pictures of your learners doing the work (as well as the actual work that they did).

You’ll need to upload this electronic evidence to Pathways Awarua when you submit…

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TEACH: Session 3 in review

TEACH: Session 3 in review

As well as details of where and when your third session took place, here are the questions you should respond to again. Use the sentence starters if you like. Otherwise, ignore.

There’s 6.2 DOWNLOAD Session 3 in Review and write on. Also, as before, remember that these same questions are in your assessment template.

What went well today?

Overall, here’s what I think went well …

How has your…

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TEACH: Session 1 in review As well as details of where and when this session took place, here are the questions you should respond to.

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TEACH: Joining the dots - approaches, assessments, evaluation

TEACH: Joining the dots – approaches, assessments, evaluation

Joining the dots

In real life, a lot of your planning happens in your head. Sometimes this is explicit. In other words, you’re aware of what you’re doing as you go about planning how you will teach something.

At other times, your planning process might be much less explicit. Planning is a bit like literacy and numeracy. It’s there, but sometimes it’s just not visible.

Because this is a…

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TEACH: Planning your resources

TEACH: Planning your resources

By now you should have a clear idea of the kinds of resources you need to support your activities. If you know what you’re doing, then make sure that you’ve downloaded Assessment template 6. Please do add a few brief notes here about what you’re planning.

If you’re unsure about what resources you need or you just want to take some notes, you can download the worksheet below. This is not…

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TEACH: Numeracy resources - Hundreds grid

TEACH: Numeracy resources – Hundreds grid

This is a blank Hundreds Grid. Again, it’s a resource that would lend itself to a wide range of numeracy activities.

Download the template here: 6.1 DOWNLOAD Hundreds Grid

Here are some ideas for activities using the Hundreds Grid. You could use it for:

Developing a visual understanding of basic fractions including half, quarters and three-quarters.

Developing an understanding of the link from…

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TEACH: Numeracy resources -

TEACH: Numeracy resources –

This is a blank place value chart that you can print and use for a wide range of different activities. We think that you should really have a giant one of these across the top of your whiteboard. But this is a handy size that you can print and use with learners anywhere and anytime.

Download the template here: 6.1 DOWNLOAD Place Value Chart

Here are some ideas of activities developing or…

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