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.
Kia ora Kelly, it is an intense day. Well done you. I agree it would be great if your learners could take more responsibility for their reading choices, the trickiness is how we guide them into this and foster a love for reading or find the right motivation so that via their Inquiry they want to research and read.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to catching up more on all of this.
Kia ora Kelly,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your fabulous reflection on our first day of the Reading Practice Intensive. It's rewarding to read that you found lots of value on the day and that it has provoked some important thinking for you. How great that you were already a little familiar with the taskboards, as they are such a vital part of the programme and helpful support mechanism.
I resonate completely with teaching learners that are disengaged from selecting their own texts for engagement and enjoyment and I'm interested to see if you learned anything new from the reading survey.
I look forward to hearing all about it at our next session of the Reading Practice Intensive.
See you then,
Ngā mihi,
Amie @ the Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive