During our CoL meeting last week we looked at our hunches and were able to share these with our other colleagues with this meeting. It is always a really helpful process sharing hunches and ideas with others as we often are given a range of different suggestions that can help with what we are trying to achieve. Below is some the feedback I had from my discussions on our meeting along with some things that I would like to try in the classroom.
Hunch One
If I encourage my students to share their thoughts and ideas in pairs, then they will gain the confidence to share these ideas in guided reading sessions.
Introduce ground rules for talk into sharing in pairs within the group then gradually move to the whole group. Use Vosaic to film guided reading sessions to see what I can improve in my teaching to facilitate this. Along with filming groups working on a follow up activity to see how much extended discussion the students are having when not facilitated by the teacher.
Hunch Two
If I focus on setting up table groups and discussion points before guided reading sessions then the students will improve their ability to have conversations about what they are reading.
Film students using Vosaic while they are working at table groups to see what types of discussion they are having and what I can work on. Filming groups working on a follow up activity to see how much extended discussion the students are having when not facilitated by the teacher.
Hunch Three
An emphasis on using images and structured response to text tasks that always incorporate inferring and other reading comprehension skills will enhance my students ability to understand more complex parts of the text and answer questions that require inferring and referring back to the text.
Change my follow up tasks to be more focused looking at key elements of adding in inferring questions, could have a focus on adding in multiple choice questions so that they are able to learn how to answer questions like this.
Hunch Four
An emphasis on understanding how to have basic conversations as well as teaching social skills and norms will enhance my students ability to share during reading sessions.
Upload reading texts to Notebook LM then add in some key questions and turn this into a podcast for the students to listen to. Integrating conversations into guided reading sessions and involving students in more collaborative discussions.