Showing posts with label buddies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buddies. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 August 2019

The Power of having a buddy- Teamwork

Teamwork is described as the character strength that helps everyone contribute to the success of the team. In Tautoru we often have a learning buddy to share ideas with and to give us feedback. During maths, we can discuss different strategies we've used or think of different ways to solve a problem.

During writing, they might help us come up with ideas and better words to write or help us check our writing goals like full stops and capital letters.


" My buddy helps me to sound out new words"
" My buddy helps me to read my writing and check it makes sense"


This way we always have someone who we can share our learning journey with whether it's a challenge, a discovery or an interesting idea.

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