I can see the next 3 terms being a fantastic journey into my reading professional development! So many inspirational take aways already, now to prioritise them and make it functional in Totara 1.
This quote about reading, eqity and outcomes particularly resonated with me as not all whanau see the value of reading for enjoyment. A thought for discussion is taking back to my class - "Makes a good reader?" What do they see as someone who is a good reader. Ask them to complete a reading profile about themselves. I really liked the idea from Panmure Bridge and turning the data we collect into a Statistics task. This ties in nicely with the statistics unit we are doing within our class at present. Sharing the video clip shown about readers and what they enjoy about it.
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Many inspirational take aways from today. Time to sit back, reflect and prioritise my where to from here? How am I going to inspire Totara 1 to see themselves as readers............
Kia ora Rochelle
ReplyDeleteWe were so pleased to read that you see the next 3 terms being a fantastic journey into your reading professional development! That’s fabulous to hear. Thank you for sharing your reflections from Day 1 and for all your valuable contributions to our break out group discussions today.
I have especially enjoyed reading about your important takeaways including: how to gainfully inquire into ways your learners see themselves as readers; creating classroom displays to support productive talk (e.g. the ground rules) and using the reader survey data to support a cross-curricular learning focus in mathematics (e.g. statistics).
Your point and wondering about reading at home, and how we can engage and support whānau is a really important one. The research is overwhelming: the more learners read (e.g. outside the classroom, at home, at the library) the more positive their achievement, oral language development and ultimately their life outcomes. We will explore this much further in the RPI.
I’m super excited to follow your professional thinking and reflections as you engage further with the RPI, and with the other participants, in relation to your teaching context.
Nga mihi
Naomi R.
Literacy Facilitator - Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive
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ReplyDeleteThere were so many take aways you are correct in the fact they need to be prioritised.
I look forward to unpacking how we can encourage reading at home as Naomi mentioned. Sometimes I would like a magic wand.
The ground rules for discussion I can see as a useful tool as we end up with shared understanding with more teacher doing RPI or as it is shared with in teams. And the table you have included here is a great resource to use with older students as they evaluate themselves and set goals for next time.
Look forward to getting to know your and our group more.
Ngā mihi
Tanya Mundy
Edmund Hillary - Kootuitui Cluster
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ReplyDeleteI agree that this will be a fantastic journey and I am excited to see what impact this can have on our students.
I can see the ground rules for discussion as being very useful. Thankfully we have used talk moves within our math groups so I think the literacy groups should be able to easily transfer these. I found using the table with the students a helpful tool when I looked at the ground rules with them. However, they used the table as a shared document and that caused a few problems when they were entering their numbers.
Ngā mihi
Talei Cordes