This week has been my first week of Professional Placement and I have already learnt so much. I am enjoying meeting all the children and hearing about their lives, prior-knowledge and interests. I have taught the children all about money and what kind of notes and change Australia uses. It was interesting to see what the children already know. We explored maths concepts on adding money and used visual resources such as real money, pretend money, pretend shops, posters and a number board. If I had more of a say of how the children learnt this concept I would have encouraged the children to use games that IXL has on their site. The money games involve all the skills that they would have learnt through the week but it would be a more interesting way for the children to practice.
For next week I am excited to teach more lessons and involve ICT into more of my lessons instead of just having ideas. Nicole Didlick mentions some other ICT sites in her blog that may be useful for us to use in our lessons.
Sarah