RPI Day 2 - Know your learners as readers
Day 2! Friday 7th June 2024
What an awesome start to day 2, Dorothy came on to our chat and spoke about KPE (Korero Pt England). I will really enjoy letting my learners be creative with this as their follow up activity, they will get the chance to hear themselves reading and even more better they all get to choose their text set each week and what better way to do it than this! Watch this space
Assessments and Testing of your learners, Knowing your learner is an important part of your teaching. You need to know their needs and understand what they need to do to achieve and get to where they need to be. Improving their reading and understanding is a hard pill to bite, however with the tools that we are receiving from all these different kits are so helpful and the main thing I love about these is that they are all rewindable.
Teacher Workbook was up next and only one word that I can say WOW!!. Alot to take in and learn with this workbook. Getting my head around this workbook and trying to navigate my way through this has really been an eye opening experience. Knowing that all my data, planning and any note taking for individual learners will all be housed here where we are able to look back and track how a learner is tracking along.
Task Boards
We have been using task boards all this year, my team leader has completed the RPI and has now got our teaching team using these task boards across all core learning subjects. These are a one stop, shop where you have a selection of things to do via you weekly choice board and during the week you have must do’s that have to be completed before moving on. Getting use to change and using task board are way easy and the learners know that they have set task to complete for the week.
Let’s go Task Boards.
So after a full on day of intense learning about reading. I have some take aways and will hopefully incorporate them into my teachings in the coming weeks and for the rest of the year.
Bring on Day 3. RPI Done and Dusted. Over and Out.
Kia ora Kelly
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your reflections and many takeaways from another day with us on the RPI! I agree that Dorothy’s sessions are always hugely inspiring and are always an important reminder of the rich history of the Manaiakalani kaupapa! We will be resourcing the podcasts through a ‘one-shot-film’ session with Fiona Grant on the Create day, so watch this space!
It’s fabulous to hear that you are finding there are many resources and tools to ‘pick up’ and use. Like you say, the Teacher Workbook is a lot to get your head around! So our advice would be to take time and only get into the bits that will be immediately useful for now (e.g. the progressions) and then add in other tabs as needed. We will be focussing on specific sheets on each of the future RPI days, so you’ll have space and time to do a, staged review. The rule of thumb is that it’s all rewindable, so only implement now what is required for the homework practice, or where you feel you will get immediate ‘bang for buck!’
All the very best with your homework practice implementations and coaching conversations. I am really looking forward to following your professional blog across the programme.
Nga mihi
Naomi R.
Literacy Facilitator - Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive
Way to go Kelly! Love that you have this chance to learn alongside teachers and the experts in this area. I know you'll be implementing what you learn, as is your way :) Looking forward to seeing how this all goes back in your classroom. Malo Kelly
ReplyDeleteKia ora Kelly and congratulations on a full reflection of Day 2 of the Reading Practice Intensive. It's a deep dive day and you've taken away some brilliant understandings from the day. I can see that the workbook was a little overwhelming but I can assure you that dissipates over the weeks as you become more familiar with using it. I look forward to hearing how you develop your use of it in time!
ReplyDeleteNgā mihi,
Amie @ the Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive