Have you tried publishing online to promote student feedback and whanau engagement?
This year 4 class has published their information reports on Google slides. Having shared the
report with a selected audience both students and whanau can respond.
This is one way of strengthening a  collaborative learning environment. What do you think?

Activating prior knowledge

Pre-reading activation of prior knowledge:

How do you scaffold your students to activate their prior knowledge i.e. their culture, language and identity, personal experience, text structure and vocabulary knowledge BEFORE they read a text? Consider the use of a visual with questions to set them up for success...

What have you found activates your students’ prior knowledge so they begin ready to read and understand the text?

Metacognition

Formative Assessment