ACTION PLAN

SADIA BANGASHThe City SchoolUrdu.Grade 5

LONG TERM GOALS

Execute and adopt 21st century skills to teachingCreating 21st century learning environment in

classFostering critical thinking and collaboration in

classroomFacilitate student centered classrooms that

encourage self direction and higher order thinking.

And thus making learning conducive for 21st century learners

SHORT TERM GOALS

Encourage my students to participate in reading / vocabulary competition.

Focus on the writing on different topics to enhance students to be able to write about different topics.

Help students understand the methods especially of be adaptable to write about any topic.

SOLUTIONS TO NEW CHALLENGES

Challenges

There may be some students who are weak in writing compositions.

Students may not be able to come up with different types of ideas to write a story.

Parents may think that the topics may be are not creative enough.

Solutions

These students will be given extra time and attention to help them.

For these students a lot of ideas will be discussed, to open their minds.

We can have meetings with the parents to find out do they have any other ideas? Maybe they might have brilliant topics to write on.

SOLUTIONS TO NEW CHALLENGES

Challenges

Parents will not understand my teaching strategies

The head mistress may not support my new approach

There are students of heterogeneous intellectual levels in my class

Solutions

Parents will be sent news letters and a pre emptive (beginning of the session) parent teacher meeting will help parents understand the importance of complying with the new teaching methodology

Through a discussion meeting based on the designed curriculum the head mistress will be acquainted with the necessity and effectiveness of the new teaching methodology

Individualized instructions will be given to slow learners. Plus an after school extra learning support class will help them catch up with the curriculum

SOLUTIONS TO NEW CHALLENGES

Challenges

Computer lab and audio visual room might not be available for all the sections

Time constraint may hinder the execution of interactive activities

Computers might not be available all the time

Solutions Prior permission will be

taken from the lab in charge and the availability shall be confirmed a week prior to the class

P.E.Periods and library periods can be utilized on the alternative basis.

The teachers and students will bring their own laptops, ipods and phones for the presentation

Bloom’s taxonomy and learning activities

Higher-

order thinking

Actions ActivitiesCreating

(Putting together ideas or elements to develop an original idea or engage in creative thinking).

DesigningConstructingPlanningProducingInventingDevisingMaking

FilmStoryProjectPlanSongMedia productAdvertisementPainting

Evaluating(Judging the value of ideas, materials and methods by developing and applying standards and criteria).

CheckingHypothesisingCritiquingExperimentingJudgingTestingDetectingMonitoring

DebatePanelReportEvaluationInvestigationVerdictConclusionPersuasive speech

Analysing(Breaking information down into its component elements).

ComparingOrganisingDeconstructingAttributingOutliningStructuringIntegrating

SurveyDatabaseAbstractReportGraphSpreadsheetsChartOutline

Bloom’s taxonomy and learning activities

Lower-order thinking

Actions Activities

Applying(Using strategies, concepts, principles and theories in new situations).

ImplementingCarrying outUsingExecuting

IllustrationDemonstrationPresentationInterviewPerformance

Understanding(Understanding of given information).

InterpretingExemplifyingSummarisingInferringParaphrasingClassifyingComparingExplaining

RecitationSummaryExplanationShow and tellExampleQuizListOutline

Remembering(Recall or recognition of specific information).

RecognisingListingDescribingIdentifyingRetrievingNamingLocatingFinding

QuizDefinitionFactWorksheetTestLabelListReproduction

TIMELINE

First termJanuary-

May

Jan 6th -May 14th

First parent-teacherMeetingMay-3rd

Formal assessment

May 6th-May 8th

INSTRUCTIONS AND TASKS

I would make sure I adopt the student-centered approach so that the students can participate in more group discussions, share ideas, and understand the topics easily .

I will try to make my students more confident to use a higher level of vocabulary.

I will try to have as much as brainstorming possible before letting the students write their Urdu compositions.

INSTRUCTIONS AND TASKS

I would give assignments on social problems on which my students will make mobile videos and present them in the class-I will encourage them to create, innovate and come up with their own ideas

To promote students to read correct Urdu and speak it fluently I assigned will have some time for short story recitals.

I will encourage my students and will try to give them choices in their assignments.

RESOURCES

InternetTeachers who are teaching Urdu to other

classes.Word Processing and Multimedia

Applications.Print outs of new vocabulary words for

students.http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+-+Applyinghttp://www.21stcenturyschools.com/What_is_21st_Centur

y_Education.htmhttp://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/http://www.21stcenturycollaborative.com/http://www.21learn.org/http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task

=view&id=254&Itemid=120

CONCLUSIONS

By implementing my newly acquired teachings techniques and approaches I can empower my students and they will be able to gain a better knowledge of reading and writing skills.