Allows flexible adjustment based on student's needs:

Students were able to choose their own level of work in maths and sometimes in reading. Provided individual extension work for more able students.

Demonstrates pedagogy that reflects current research and best practices:

1) Am careful to use wait-time of 3 seconds
2) Tried to use the sociocultural model of learning when teaching maths
3) Use differentiation in the classroom

Connects curriculum to the world in a variety of ways:

 Examples:

1) Students draw a big world map on the playground using a compass, then find there position on it.

2) Students brought in spices and teas which would have been traded on the Spice Route,then had a tea party using tea and treats made with the spices.

3) Students made a presentation on the ancient civilisation of their choice, and provided food that would have been consumed in that time. They sent out invitations to some staff members.

4) Visit to science museum

5) Using maths by collecting data from middle school, then charted and displayed the data in different forms.

6) Made tessellations during religion to introduce the idea of geometry.

7) Had many science experiments which required measuring, decimal division and multiplication.

A1 - Demonstrates Knowledge of content and pedagogy

Displays relevant material on the bulletin boards, as well as relevant library books.

Personal goals for students

Rubric for acting scene from Holes

Voice	Fluency	Actions
Automated, no attempt to emphasize any words	Frequently stumbles over words	No actions
Some attempt to put emphasis on key words	Stumbles over some words	A few actions attempted
Emphasis on key words, begins to sound like character.	Stumbles only occasionally	Some actions are made which fit the speech
Really sounds as one would imagine the character	Totally fluent, and at ease with the words	More actions, which all fit perfectly with speech