Day 9 - Sharing Reading

Another great day at RPI. Few takeaways for me to implement in class are as follows:

1. Being a BLOG DETECTIVE. Ensures that learners are showcasing their work to the wider audience plus hooking them in at all times and not just seen as a must do task. 

 

2.  Revisiting the basics of blogging. Learners identifying where they are at and whats next for them. 

A great way to refer back to when stuck.

3. My immediate next step is on giving Feedback/Feedforward in all areas of learning.

It is important to note that the research demonstrates that it is not the quantity

of feedback that makes a difference but the quality of the feedback, and the

ways in which students are supported to engage with, respond to and utilise

the feedback to improve.

Absolum, M - Clarity in the Classroom

Learners should use feedback to confirm, fine tune or

restructure existing knowledge, beliefs and strategies.

A great program to be part of. Lots of takeaways for me

that I am successfully implementing in my practise.

This has brought in huge learner engagement as they

get to do a variety of work in Reading alone.

Also this program has grown my confidence in Reading

in terms of delivering a good program to my learners.

Day 8 - Create in Reading

 The idea of creating one short film to promote what they have read is very unique. We as teachers did it today and I found it a bit uncomfortable putting myself in front of camera. I guess the more we do this, the confidence level will increase and so this is is what our students need. 

Here's the video I created to promote "Football - The Beautiful Game"

Providing Opportunities for Choice after reading is also a unique way to enagage students in their reading. This is something I will be adding in our planning to promote the love for reading in our learners. Hopefully it makes them more creative in their reading.

Create with the text "Te Marama"

  

Te Marama

In todays task, we hasd to create our own visual representation of the poem. I used the AI craiyon that enabled me to get the visuals for the peom. Great tool to hook learners to do more creation.

Use of Figurative Language in Writing lessons

Day 7 - Thinking

 Another successful day on the program. Things that are going to be included in the next few weeks in the reading programme are as follows:

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2. Identifying the Figurative Language in texts:

3. Use of Provocation to get deeper discussions

"A family that eats together, STAYS together".

These are the few things that I would include in my reading program to allow students to have greater discussions about the text.

Day 6 - Vocab

 

Another great day of learning. One of the takeaways for me today is the implementation of the word wall or vocab wall. These are the words of the week, topic words or simply words from the guided reading sessions which had been unpacked during discussions. Once placed on the wall visible to all, this can be used by the learners in their writing as well.

Another activity to increase awareness of vocabulary is the Word Associations

These could be done as part of the independent activity after teacher session or before guided sessions so students have a greater understanding when they encounter these words in their reading building on their understanding of the text.

Including word games such as the following:

A great way to engage students in finding the words.

Day 5 - Implementing "Great Beginnings" Writing

One thing that stood out from Day 5 learning was the writing on "Great Beginnings". Once I shared with the learners the sample writing, they all had a lot to contribute. All learners were very excited and even the struggling writers couldn't stop writing. Every learner had a voice and came up with good writing.