Staff Meeting Spirals of Inquiry 13/2/18 Today I was mentored by a maths expert. She observed my use of Developing Communities of Mathematical Inquiry and gave great recommendations to improve my teaching. See the next steps below! Attitudinal Data - Draw how you feel in Maths time Almost students drew themselves appearing happy, and some drew their partners, also with happy faces. One drew and said "bored, angry and sad" (child with additional needs); one drew himself happy but his partner (mentioned prior) as angry; one drew a frown with "too easy." I have adapted my prompting to better extend or support individual children, and altered two partnerships as a result of the attitudinal survey. Teaching Fo cus Active listening Discuss and role-play active listening. Use inclusive language “show us”, “we want to know”, “tell us”. Emphasise need for individual responsibility for sense-making Affirm models of students actively...