Reading Practice Intensive Day 3 - Adding on.....

 Reading Practice Intensive Day 3.

My takeaway from today's session is THE WHOLE DAY SESSION.

I think the most important piece of learning for me today that I could use in my class is the session, Selecting Texts for the Wider Reading Programme. 

My need is to be able to make more opportunities to add to what I am currently doing in my class. 

Adding on to - 

Reading to and Shared Reading, I would like to timetable opportunities for

[Manaiakalani - RPI Day 3 Wider reading programme]

and 

I look forward to the students in my class being able to enjoy another way of reading. 

[Manaiakalani - RPI Day 3 Wider reading programme]

Takeaway

Day 2  RPI - Know your learners as readers. Assessment 101 with Naomi.

I thoroughly enjoyed 'The chalk-and-talk' session with Naomi,  where we were shown how to link the reader profile to the Pillars of Practice to get to know learners as readers. 

Pillars of Practice - Designing reading with an end in mind.

[Manaiakalani - RPI Day 2]

Assessment - A closer look at assessment to inform. 

[Formative and Summative] - Data is collected, then what?

How can the data be used?  

'What matters most is not so much the form of the assessment, but how the information is used to improve teaching and learning. Data can be used both formatively and summatively. Formative assessment use can be thought of as making decisions about “where to next”: what actions will be taken to move from where we are to where we want to be. Summative assessment looks at the data after the actions and asks how successful we were at making the changes we planned for. How much of a difference did we make? Did we achieve the gains we should have?'

[Know your learners as readers. Assessment 101 - Notes from Slide 5]

Both formal and informal assessments are important for making MORE RELIABLE judgments.

[Manaiakalani - Assessment 101 Slide 8]

The purpose of formative assessment is to identify the next steps of learning, track learning and give feedback.

The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of a unit of work, at the end of a term or year, by comparing it against a standard or benchmark.

[Manaiakalni - Assessment 101 slide 9]

This leads to the goal, 'Assessment Capable Learners'

My takeaway gem - Designing reading with an end in mind.

NOW YOUR LEARNERS AS READERS: 

Assessment 101

Reader Profile Survey - RPI

 

Reader Profile Survey - RPI

 The Reader Profile Survey has given me insight into the students in my class as readers.  

The areas of the data I found most interesting will be what I will focus on sharing and help me organise a class library to suit my students' book/ reading choices and make recommendations for new books in our school library.

1. Do my students like reading at school?

2. Do my students prefer reading in their own time for enjoyment?

3. Are my students currently reading a book for enjoyment?

4. What types of books do my students like to read in their own time?

5. What are my students' favourite times to read?

6. What are some of the most recent books my students have read?

I also chose the following two questions to inform me of what my students see as being important to be a good reader. 

9. What skills do my students think they need to be good readers.

10. What my students want to get better at in reading. 

Watch this space.   

I had a glitch with collecting my data when I used and shared the wrong form with my students. I saw my students working on and completing the form but could not see the data. 

Thank goodness the issue was solved [Thanks Naomi] and I am now working on putting the data from the 10 questions I have chosen into graphs. Look out for my data slide presentation.  

Thank goodness for Manaiakalani Toolkits. I managed to get graphs to show responses to the questions I chose to use from the survey to find out the book types the students in my class like to read and how this can help us to set up a class library to better suit what my students like and want to read. 

I like reading at school.

I like reading books in my own time for enjoyment. 

I am currently reading a book for enjoyment.

Types of books I like to read in my own time. 

My students' favourite time to read.

Students favourite books to read. 

Two questions that helped me to get to know my students as readers are -  

What skills do my students think they need to be good readers.

Although the students listed several skills that could help them with reading, it was interesting to see from the students list, reading more stood out among all the other skills mentioned.  

The second question is - What  do my students want to get better at in reading.

What interested me with this graph is that most students wanted to get better at being focused when reading.  I wonder why being focused is a priority for the students when it comes to reading? 

 This would be a good question to ask in group reading discussions. 

Day One RPI [Reading Practice Intensive].

Today is the first day of the RPI [Reading Practice Intensive] PLD for 2024. The first hui is online. 

Facilitators of RPI for cohort 1 2024. 

Dr Naomi Rosedale                            Kiri Kirkpatrick                            Sharon Spragg

         

The guest speaker - Dorothy Burt shared what acceleration looks like- 

 

Think about the travelators in an airport. The person on the travelator walks along it while moving reaching their destination quicker than those people walking beside.

                                      

The Reading Practice Intensive overview helped be to understand what the expectations are through 4 goals.

What do good readers do?

Good readers use strategies, grow self-efficacy, read for enjoyment, show dispositions (their way of thinking, cognitive engagement and Participation engagement.