Today's session gave me quite a few takeaways to try and a lot to ponder. The first idea I'm going to try is to get one-to-one time with each student, get them reading a text and really observing/listening to their fluency. Initially I think I'll record them either via audio or video, just to catch everything and note it down.
It was mentioned that the LTR-WWW recording sheet, which is quite similar to how Running Records were recorded, is a brilliant way to make notes on each student's reading aloud. Going through the samples my students recorded and rating them using this rubric made total sense. Definitely happy with this. On an important note, the "Boredometer" sparked my interest, as I'm quite fond of poking fun at myself with my learners. The last important takeaway was to make sure I entrench using different apps so as to make my job easier looking forward.
Kia ora Regan
ReplyDeleteWelcome back to the Reading Practice Intensive! I appreciated reading some of your positive reflections from the day and that you found the LTR protocol and the fluency rubric to be practices you would like to implement in your classroom.
I totally agree, Rob Wiseman’s ‘Bored-o-metre’(!) sounds like just the activity to poke a bit of fun at yourself and I am sure you will find the resourcing and Rob’s teaching video to be super useful too.
All the very best for a really positive start to the term and your coaching conversations with Kiri, which I am sure you are finding worthwhile!
Nga mihi
Naomi
Hi Regan, Love that you think the tool is going to be worthwhile. Was there anything else in the response to text space that you thought was interesting that could be added to your teaching practise? Rob is just down the road at PES, I'm sure he'd be happy for you to pop in and catch him in action. I'm sure the conversation would be interesting! See you tomorrow. Kiri
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