KPMG Day 3 - Raising Reading Achievement
Today we needed to put together what we have been working on and share our ideas at KPMG. This was a great time to reflect on what I have been doing and how my digital tool is coming along. We were asked to cover a few points which allowed my to reflect and think forward to what I need to continue to do to achieve my goal.
What is the tool and what is it able to do?
It is a google site for students who are reading between the ages of 7 and 9. It will include a range of activities for each achievement objective. After guided reading sessions with the teacher the students will then be able to select from a range activities related to what they have been learning in class. I hope this will give the students the ability to choose an activity that suits how they learn and will be able to maximise their learning.
Is it making a difference?
So far in my students data from this year I have seen all of my students move up at least 6 months in their reading age or 1 PM reading level. I started the year with a large chuck of my students reading at 8 years and most of them have now made progress to reading at 9 to 9.5 years. So yes there has been some progress in reading age and ability. My students love the new things that we have been doing in class and are engaged with reading and learning. The one thing that many of my students have loved is recording themselves reading and listening back. They reason they love this is they can see how well they are reading and notice the words that they need to work on or parts of their reading that they need to work on.
How has it evolved?
It has started out as an idea of adding a small few changes to my reading groups to a site where the students can access reading activities. It has now become a place where teachers can have access to resources that are set to specific reading learning intentions and students can have choice as to how they want to practice that skill. They will still have the guided reading session with the classroom teacher and then will have the ability to practice it the best way for them.
Where to next?
My site is still under construction and I have not made it live to my class yet as there are still many activities that I need to add. But I do aim to have it up and running by the end of the term. I also need to keep uploading my students reading the stories and articles so that others can listen along as an extra way to have access to the text. I will be continuing to add to this for my learners and will aim to have this rolled out in the classroom by the end of term 3. Then the next hope is to have it rolled out to other teachers to use as a tool in their classrooms! So watch this space!
