Denise PGCs

Conversations with Kiri: One of the suggestions was to do up a writing rubric for my tamariki. While it doesn't quite fit with the AOV goal, I thought it might actually address the issues around cognitive load, and also build a skillset that might benefit them next year. I designed a rubric at their level which I figured they would be able to manage with the visuals and the emojis.  Why rubrics? Rubrics help children's writing by transforming abstract, intimidating goals into clear, manageable steps. By breaking a writing assignment down into specific criteria (like organisation, word choice, trying to sound our words and so on) a rubric takes the guesswork out of the process, allowing young writers to understand exactly what is expected of them. Rubrics empower emergent writers by: Demystifying expectations: Children often struggle with vague prompts like "write a good story." Rubrics define exactly what "good" looks like by separating it into clear categ...