Goals &​ ​Reflections 

 
  Progress updates & comments 

Writing​ -  27/05/2020: 
differentiation  - PRT meeting with Adele after school. Decided 
in writing  that my goal for term two will be differentiation 
lessons  in writing lessons.  
 
02/06/2020: 
- During release I did a lot of research on how to 
have a differentiated writing programme in the 
classroom: 
- Developed writers: use posters/fact cards 
and non-fictional books. Can use a 
dictionary and a writing checklist.  
- Emerging writers: Need a sentence starter 
and word bank. Use posters/fact cards. 
- Non-writers: conference and using a 
modelling book as a group. 
- Put the class into writing groups.  
 
09/06/2020: 
- On my release day I made resources for my 
writing groups for them to use:  
- Word mats/banks 
- Writing templates 
- Descriptive writing words (flash cards) 
 
12/06/2020: 
- I had a meeting with Marissa about my 
appraisal goal and what it means, the steps I 
need to take, how I will know when I’ve achieved 
it, etc. I decided that I would connect my 
appraisal goal with this goal - writing. This goal 
is to focus on differentiation, but I am going to 
link it with my appraisal goal which is using 
self-assessment and peer feedback in writing. I 
believe that these can work well together and 
increase the quality of the students learning, as 
they can reflect on their individual needs and 
goals (differentiated) by using self-assessment 
and peer feedback.  
 
29/06/2020: 
 - Observation by Adele. Writing prompt is ‘Winter 
Wonderland’. We watched a virtual walk through 
a winter wonderland (sensory), then made 
poster brainstorms with a focus on using 
adjectives, and then I worked with a low group 
in writing on the jellybean table by using the 
modelling book.  
 
01/07/2020: 
- Meeting with Adele about my observation. She 
said that it ran successfully, the kids were 
engaged, the resources and activities were 
appropriate and worked well, and that she 
particularly liked the modelling book and the 
template in there that I used with the students 
who needed extra support.  
 

Overall Goal Reflection: 

 
The term two goal was to have differentiation in my writing programme. I 
started by making my class into three different groups where they 
have their own group boxes with differentiated resources. I began by 
having templates for them to use in their writing. When I first put this 
into practice, it took some time for them to get a grasp on how to use 
them. I think that they found these useful as long as they had copied 
it into their books before the lesson finished. This will continue to be 
a work in progress on what resources are helpful for them. When I 
had my observation from Adele, she said that the lesson was really 
good which boosted my confidence. She said that the collective 
brainstorm on the posters, the visuals (sensory) and the modelling 
book worked great with the class. I need to make sure that I regularly 
use this in my writing lessons.