Another interesting day today looking at various areas in Reading and how to get started with a design of learning that engages learners to become good readers.
A good amount of time spent on understanding PAT data and looking at strengths and new learning areas for my students.
This task made it simpler to look into the focus areas for my learners and also break it down into different groups such as gender, ethnicity to get a wider picture.
Also making use of the ARBS resource which is clearly linked to the different question types and examples to do with the students.
Finally started to realise the benefits of a log book to keep record of everything we do with the learners. This acts as a "one stop shop" for us and is very helpful planning the next steps with Learning intentions, success criterias and tasks with the whole design of learning concept.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will look into making use of these resources gained today to make a better design for my reading program to benefit my students.
Tēnā koe Ronil
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your reflections on Day 2 of the RPI: Know Your Learners as Readers. It’s good to hear that you found the deep dive into NZCER Assist (and your learners PAT Reading data) to be valuable and thought provoking. It will be important to look at the question-answer patterns (as we did with The Whale question) and make some informed predictions about where learners encountered challenges, and ways they may have misinterpreted what the question was asking for. Helping them understand the difference between locating information for direct retrieval and when to draw on their own background knowledge to “fill in gaps” will be crucial to improving comprehension ability. The key is also in supporting students to uphold the integrity of the text as the “source of the information” so they are not ‘over-applying’ the knowledge they bring to the information at the expense of what the text is saying. I would be interested to read your next reflection on how you built these next steps into the design of your task board for this week and how learners managed with the extra challenge of the change!
I was also keen to read about your previous blog post on the results of the learners’ reading survey and how they are coping with the wider reading challenge to continue growing reading for enjoyment. I wasn’t sure whether Glen Taylor has a library and whether you have considered a timetabled slot for learners to practice choosing “good fit books” (or whether they are mainly reading independently through reading apps)? I see you have the Reading Challenge Activities on your task board design for this week which is great and I was wondering how they are going with it?
I am looking forward to us all catching up for Day 3 and sharing our practice implementation task board designs and how learners responded.
Have a great rest of your week!
Nga mihi
Naomi R.
Literacy Facilitator - Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive
Kia ora Ronil,
ReplyDeleteI hope you are going well with delving further into your assessment data to help you determine the needs of your learners. It's always interesting to note any patterns and I'm looking forward to seeing the way you link this to your design for learning.
It's great to see that you are finding the Workbook useful, it can seem a little daunting at first reveal but as you say it's great to have everything at your fingertips in the 'one stop shop'.
Hope it's all going well
Ngā mihi
Toni