Being successful in the 21st Century requires people who can be self-motivated and work independently. Helping students develop these skills is part of a teacher’s responsibility. One of the ways we are doing that is through the structure of the unit “Location and Transformation” in Mathematics.

Over the past two weeks, you (the students) have been asked to show us what you already know. Today you will receive this pre-assessment back with a Learning Tracker. You will then code and date (17/7) your Tracker:

• Smiley face coloured in green if the Learning Intention is ticked.
• No emotion face coloured in yellow if the Learning Intention is marked 1/2.
• Sad face coloured in red if the Learning Intention is crossed.
• Leave blank if you did not attempt the questions.

Once you have completed your Learning Tracker you need to enter the results into a Google Form.

• Select 0 if your Learning Tracker is yellow, red or blank.
• Select 1 if your Learning Tracker is green.

Using your Learning Tracker you will then set a goal to work towards independently.  Resources for each Learning Intention are provided on the 56ADG website.  There are also resources provided in the classroom.  Teachers will be running clinic groups based on these Learning Intentions.  If you made an error on your pre-test but know how to do the skill, you could create a Show Me or Educreations video clip to help teach other students.

While you are working independently, use your traffic lights to show us how you are going:

• Green light showing: I understand what I am doing.
• Yellow light showing: please check with me, I have some questions.
• Red light: please help me, I am stuck but have continued with other work I can do.

At the end of this unit we will complete a post-test where you will be able to measure how much you have learnt.

How do you think this will help your learning?