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Planning for Learning – PSI

Inquiry Related Strategies Resources/ Evidence of Timeline
Question 1 TQS Required Supports Success (Specific)
Goal: #3 (B) using Ask for tips My Teaching mentor and seminar teacher. I will know if -Nov 1- 16th
Improve instructional from my my classroom -Research
classroom strategies to teacher Organization resources and engaging lesson plans. materials on
management
management engage mentor. classroom
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and make students in management.
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students week of
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expectations knowledge of
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teach.
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methods of students-class mentor of my expectations
classroom progression for my
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resources management. lesson.

from Alberta
Education
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expectations stop, 123 eyes on me, to infinity and beyond, and of my PS1
for my class clapping rhythms. practicum on
December 17
I want to
have
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classroom
management
skills

Inquiry Related Strategies Resources/ Evidence of Timeline

Question 2 TQS Required Supports Success (Specific)
Goal: #5A teacher Gather My seminar teacher and my teaching mentor. The reflection November 1-
Improve my develops and material Walking together resource to help me better on my research 28th (now
FNMI applies from the understand specific topics. and my lesson until the
foundational http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/aswt/ plan.
knowledge, knowledge curriculum second week
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lesson. and teaching ways to
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students.
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programs of Make sure it of subjects. incorporating knowledge
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knowledge points that meaningful and Walking

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will teach
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Inquiry Related Strategies Resources/ Evidence of Timeline

Question 3 TQS Required Supports Success (Specific)
Goal: Be #3 A teacher Look at what My teacher mentor as well as my professors. I can The reflections November
more applies a outcomes I use the internet as well as the curriculum laboratory of my new 16 – 27
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instruction, and the teaching
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learning implement
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REFLECTING ON LEARNING – PSI

Inquiry Question 1 Improve classroom management and make sure students know the rules and expectations when I am
teaching and that they are clear.

Reflection at Midway Point: My classroom management had improved so much. I have more confidence in front of the class. The
attention getters have helped a bunch. I have been consistent with directions and expectations and the students have responded
well.
Achievements In Progress Future Considerations
The students have responded well to the Wait time. I need to make sure I wait and Continue to work on classroom
variety of attention getters. Hands on top be patient before I continue with management. Be consistent with
and we stop, To infinity and beyond. I can instruction. I also need to incorporate responses to children. Continue to use
command the class well and they respect more silent think time. low key interventions with behaviour.
me because they respond well.
Reflection at End of Term: From start to finish my classroom management has grown to a level I didn’t think it was possible. It
keeps getting easier because I made the expectations clear from the beginning. I have been complimented on that I have good
confidence in front of the class. I also have a good foundation for lowkey interventions. I try not to call out behaviours and stop
them before they become and issue. I am comfortable with taking a student to a calm place to sort out an issue or an outburst. I
feel comfortable with where my classroom management skills are at.

Inquiry Question 2 Improve my FNMI knowledge, so I can incorporate it in a lesson.

Reflection at Midway Point: I have become more comfortable with FNMI knowledge. I feel comfortable enough to answer their
questions and lead discussions. I have studied the walking together tool and tried to incorporate some aspects. As a class we have
had some discussions and the students have been asking some really good questions.
Achievements In Progress Future Considerations
Included FNMI items in our comic book, I am trying to build an age appropriate I will try and include at least on aspect/
the Canadian 12 days of Christmas. and historically/ culturally accurate tool indigenous perspective in each subject.
Igloos, inuksuk’s, totem poles tepees. kit that I can easily pull from. I want this Social studies is easy to include we can
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I have read from the book Speaking our so I can be confident in the information I
talk about the fur trade and residential
truth by Monique Gray Smith. This book am giving. Also, so I do not feel like I am
schools in an age appropriate way. In ELA
goes over topics such as Where the tacking the information on at the end as
we can do a story telling or write stories
indigenous came from and their history, an afterthought. I am collecting stories
from our indigenous knowledge. In
where they stand now, and where they about Indigenous children and indigenous
Science and math, we can discuss about
go from here. perspectives. the different perspective and ways of
knowing. We can do indigenous art
projects. We can play indigenous games
in gym class.
Reflection at End of Term: I feel like my confidence with Indigenous material has increased. I am better able to answer questions
and find answers for the students if I do not know. I read from the Speaking our Truth book a lot which helped generate
discussions in class. A lot of the topics in the book such as residential schools and reconciliation were new topics for the
Grade5/6s. I learned that everyone has to start somewhere with their knowledge and that it is never to late to learn something
new. I will continue to use this book in my future classrooms because it was such a natural way to incorporate indigenous
knowledge into lessons. If we had free time we would read from the book and the students would ask questions. All in all I feel like
I have grown in my use of indigenous knowledge.

Inquiry Question 3 Be more creative with lesson planning and invent more engaging ways to teach the curriculum then I was
taught in school.
Reflection at Midway Point: I have come up with some really great ideas for lessons. We have published a Christmas story book in
ELA and a class recipe book which we distributed to the school. We have done some super fun art and Gym lessons as well. I have
really grown in my social lessons. In my experience as a student social studies in grade 6 was very dry. Learning about government
is a hard topic for grade 5/6s to wrap their heads around. I have been able to come up with some activities that are engaging and
educational. The kids understand the topics and it shows on the exit tickets. They ask really good questions to.
Achievements In Progress Future Considerations
Social class election- students were super Working on a lesson on school boards How can I steer away from worksheets
engaged. They loved learning about local and interviewing the superintendent of and textbook work in the future? Can I
governments and making bylaws. grasslands schools Scott Brant. come up with an engaging activity/ lesson
Also working on getting in contact with for every topic in the government unit.
Micheala Glasgo Who is our MLA. This
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will help them get a real-world example

of governments and their roles.
Reflection at End of Term: I really got my creative juices flowing in Ps1 especially for social studies. In social we did a local
government election and made class bylaws. We found crazy bylaws in communities like Taber and Brooks. We did an activity on
taxes and what they are used for. We watched a video interview with the superintendent of Grasslands public schools Scott
Brandt. He described his roles and what trustees are. We had a provincial election and passed laws. The student’s formative
assessments showed that they understood the material really well and they enjoyed the lessons. I really enjoyed teaching social
studies to the grade 5/6. They seemed really engaged in the material which is such an accomplishment.