1. SADIA BANGASH The City School Urdu.Grade 5
ACTION PLAN

2. LONG TERM GOALS Execute and adopt 21st century skills to teaching
Creating 21st century learning environment in class
Fostering critical thinking and collaboration in classroom
Facilitate student centered classrooms that encourage self direction and higher order thinking.
And thus making learning conducive for 21st century learners
LONG TERM GOALS

3. 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.
SHORT TERM GOALS

4. SOLUTIONS TO NEW 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

5. SOLUTIONS TO NEW 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

6. SOLUTIONS TO NEW 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
SOLUTIONS TO NEW CHALLENGES

7. Bloom’s taxonomy and learning activities
Higher-order thinking
Actions
Activities
Creating
(Putting together ideas or elements to develop an original idea or engage in creative thinking).
Designing
Constructing
Planning
Producing
Inventing
Devising
Making
Film
Story
Project
Plan
Song
Media product
Advertisement
Painting
Evaluating
(Judging the value of ideas, materials and methods by developing and applying standards and criteria).
Checking
Hypothesising
Critiquing
Experimenting
Judging
Testing
Detecting
Monitoring
Debate
Panel
Report
Evaluation
Investigation
Verdict
Conclusion
Persuasive speech
Analysing
(Breaking information down into its component elements).
Comparing
Organising
Deconstructing
Attributing
Outlining
Structuring
Integrating
Survey
Database
Abstract
Graph
Spreadsheets
Chart
Outline

8. Bloom’s taxonomy and learning activities
Lower-order thinking
Actions
Activities
Applying
(Using strategies, concepts, principles and theories in new situations).
Implementing
Carrying out
Using
Executing
Illustration
Demonstration
Presentation
Interview
Performance
Understanding
(Understanding of given information).
Interpreting
Exemplifying
Summarising
Inferring
Paraphrasing
Classifying
Comparing
Explaining
Recitation
Summary
Explanation
Show and tell
Example
Quiz
List
Outline
Remembering
(Recall or recognition of specific information).
Recognising
Listing
Describing
Identifying
Retrieving
Naming
Locating
Finding
Definition
Fact
Worksheet
Test
Label
Reproduction

9. TIMELINE First term January-May Jan 6th -May 14th First parent-teacher
Meeting
May-3rd
Formal assessment
May 6th-May 8th

10. 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

11. 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.
INSTRUCTIONS AND TASKS

12. RESOURCES Internet Teachers who are teaching Urdu to other classes.
Word Processing and Multimedia Applications.
Print outs of new vocabulary words for students.
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RESOURCES

13. 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.
CONCLUSIONS