Today there were many new learnings and some recapping on good teacher practice. One of these was to know your students by having an understanding of what they are interested in and enjoy reading. Low achievement in reading is a social justice issue in Aotearoa and there is evidence that shows learners can make accelerated progress in writing after 3 years of learning at a Manaiakalani school. I want students to record themselves reading so they can hear themselves and then self assess to see where they have been successful and where they need to make changes.
What is the profile of a good reader?
We had to discuss what we thought made a good reader and the dispositions that these learners have.
curious - ask questions before, during and after reading
resilient - when they make mistakes they can find a way to fix them - bounce back
problem solvers - decode
critical thinkers - infer, find messages in the text
make predictions
make connections to what they already know and their experiences
understand - comprehend what they are reading - need to read across texts
read to learn
participating - going to libraries
enjoyment
Some key points:
- Good readers actively make meaning
- Readers participate and need to have access to books
- Good readers read widely - Read to students with the latest books
I added in image below because I want to find out what genre my students enjoy reading and if they're not sure or if they haven't read any of these genres, they can then explore them using the RFE challenge board (below).
Robyn Andersons reading challenge Panmure Bridge School (above)
We want to build extended discussions where students are driving the discussion about the texts.
Students monitor who is talking and can ask questions to their peers like, ‘what do you think Ashley?’ Students to monitor the protocols of talk, e.g active participation or inviting others to talk. We want to teach students to not fear to disagree and justify their opinions. It is important to look at the person who is talking and only have one person talking at a time.
Looking at Reading Data
Students like reading at school but less than 54% of the class were not currently reading a book. Many students do not go to the library to get books to read. Students are aware that reading helps them to learn. Most students do not have a public library card. Around 25% of students regularly read. Fiction, funny and sports related books are the most popular. Most students' favourite time to read is at school. I want to share my struggles with reading when I was younger with my students and help build a sense of identity in reading.
Tēnā koe Jazz
ReplyDeleteIt was a real pleasure to meet you and Ashley today for Day 1 of the Reading Practice Intensive: Reading is Core to Learning. I really like that you have celebrated new learning from the Day but that you also identified “some recapping on good teacher practice” in your own professional kete. I enjoyed reading about some of the key topics that resonated with you including the importance of growing learners’ self- efficacy, the benefits (and opportunities) of emotive as well as cognitive engagement with different text genres, and analysing data from the Reader Interest Survey.
It’s exciting that over this next week you plan to establish some clear ground rules for discussion during guided reading and that you want to do this to lay a foundation for extended discussion about text(s). From the research we know there is a reciprocal, and reinforcing, relationship between reading and oral language. We also know that giving learners opportunities to have extended discussions about text(s) offers opportunities for these reciprocal effects to occur.
We look forward to hearing about the results of your practice implementation and to you joining the rest of the cohort on Day 2, next Friday.
Nga mihi
Naomi R.
Literacy Facilitator - Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive
Kia ora Jazz,
ReplyDeletegreat to see you were able to get going on RPI given our tumultuous start to term 1.
I can see that you have already got lots out of the RPI and given yourself tasks to do over the coming weeks.
Looking forward to seeing what the student survey tells you.
from Cheryl
Hi Jazz, really like the ground rules for talk as a way to get discussion going in the classroom. Especially around what we are doing in reading. I look forward to catching up with how it went on Friday.
ReplyDeleteKiri
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ReplyDeleteKia ora Jazz,
ReplyDeleteAwesome reflections to read. How are the extended discussions and talking rules going in class? I look forward to catching up with you.