Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive
Wow, what an amazing first day of RPI, Yes a real information overload but really good at the same time, to know that we have a vast range of very knowledgeable people behind this who are always willing to give us these gems of Professional Development.
What makes a Good Reader?
We were asked this question, I made a little list on what I think a Good Reader is. Understanding what they read, Making Connections, Asking Questions and Vocabulary. This image shown is what we were shown after we made our own list of What makes a Good Reader.
After this we went into our breakout group and had a further discussion on this topic. After having these discussions in our groups, I do know that my learners are not enjoying reading and I feel I need to allow my learners to be able to responsible choose their book or text that they are going to read.
We then had the pleasure of Mrs Burt coming in and sharing the Kaupapa and Pedagogy. This session was an awesome piece of knowledge to know. It was full of a lot of information and I had to pick this image out because I like what it says and it speaks loudly and this is what our kids need.
Reading Across the Curriculum.
"It is the Core to everything" is my take away from this session. It is totally true that we need reading for everything when it comes to life. We need to be able to read and understand what we are reading to be able to comprehend what is happening and what to do.
We also had a look at Task Boards, we have had the pleasure of our Team Leader already implementing this into our team for all our curriculum areas.
Pillars of Practice.
