We are still currently in alert level 3 in Auckland so term 4 has begun the same way that term 3 ended, with online remote learning. As a team we have continued on with our layout of the class site with creating a range of different content each day. This term we have decided to scale down on some of the activities and focus our efforts towards guided reading groups. This is something that has been a little bit of trial and error this week. I thought about having each of my groups separately but in order to have two texts a week this was going to be challenging in regards to google meet times. I am very aware of students being stuck at home and having lots of google meets can not only be a time pressure on the students but with their whānau as well. So I will call this week guided reading a trial and error model! This has however given me some guidance in how I could run this better next week.
Plan going ahead:
Next week I will go back to having three reading groups, two of my groups are reading at a similar level so I will run this as one group. My other two groups with my target learners I will focus back in on the level of text that they need in order to make shift within their reading. Again without trying to overload the students and their whānau I am working on a way to make these guided reading sessions fit on to the end of my google meet sessions. I am really looking forward to continuing this on next week with my students as many of them were really excited to have this focused on their specific reading group. This in turn also means that is is possible for the students to have more specific follow up tasks to the texts that they are reading.
Data collection?
Over the holidays and during this week I have been thinking how can I continue to work on my inquiry with a focus on vocabulary. My plan at this stage is to try and create a google form specifically for my target learners to check where they are with spelling and comprehension. My thinking at this stage is to try and have a weekly spelling test (pre and post) with vocabulary related to the texts we will be reading as a group. I then want to create a form that at the end of reading each text the students will fill out so I can gauge how they are going with comprehension and what I need to do to facilitate this learning online.
It has been tricky to continue on with the momentum for my inquiry however I am excited and ready to create these new changes with my class next week and to see how this can strengthen my learners and what they need to work on for reading. We have seen low attendance again this week but I am thinking this could be due to the first week back of online learning, so will hopefully pick up again in the next few weeks!
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