Provocation pages provide authentic ways to assess children's learning, offering the following advantages:

• Organic, everyday use that encourages the application of high-frequency words
• Opportunities to practice strokes
• An opportunity for children to practice listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Sequential learning on topics and ideas that are interesting and useful
• Respectful & differentiated learning opportunities for children
• Individual expression and an expansion of ideas
• Opportunities for children to come together and work independently
• Opportunities for teachers and children to be reflective
• Teachers and children work together to co-create the materials
• Opportunities for teachers and children to change the sequence of learning and be flexible to children’s needs and interests
• The materials used are child-responsive resources
• An opportunity for educators to communicate to the children that their ideas are respected and valued – our image of the child
• It provides information concretely and efficiently of the learning happening in class, even for parents who do not speak Chinese
• Collaborative in nature – Reggio Emilia
• Works on oracy, in-class sharing of work in visual and written forms such as show and tell

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Learning Story

Children from EtonHouse Pre-School at 215 Upper Bukit Timah  celebrated International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration. The event came about when a teacher by the name of Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds’ book “The Dot” on September 15, 2009. Since then, it has become a worldwide celebration of  creativity and visualisation.

Children from the K1B class at EtonHouse at 215 Upper Bukit Timah explored 'abstraction' through creative expressions while recognising important characters and high-frequency words. The provocation pages on 'dot day' provided them with writing practice, vocabulary and spoken language development by learning stroke order and practising writing skills for significant and high-frequency characters.  Creative art offers the opportunity to document learning and for children to work both independently and collaboratively. The outcome could be a large display, a performance or a book; authentic ways to document and assess children's learning while achieving their learning goals at the same time. 

 

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