One thing that I was pleasantly surprised about was the question that asked if the learners were currently reading anything for enjoyment. As you can see in the graph below 60% of my students answered yes to reading a book for enjoyment with 40% saying they were not. It is great to see that my learners are able to find something to read for enjoyment rather than just what I have put in front of them.
Another result I found interesting was the answers that the learners gave to the questions I like to receive books as gifts? As you can see from the graph below many of my learners don't like receiving books as gifts. I think the reason I found it so interesting was when I was that age I loved to receive books as presents. It has made me reflect on what different forms of "books" we can have now with audio books and books being read online through video services has potentially changed what getting a physical book looks like. There are so many digital tools to have e-books now to so I wonder if that has been a change.
Finally one other thing I found really interesting were the results for the questions "List the skills you need to be a good reader and when it comes to reading, I want to get better at" many of the answers to these questions were learners saying that they need to be better at learning and understanding hard words. They also shared that to be a good reader you need to be able to say and understand hard and difficult words. This was really interesting and has allowed me to think about how I can add this into my teaching program. Previously I have had spelling words linked to the text that learners are reading and pull out challenging and new vocabulary that we come across from reading. So think that I will focus on adding this into my class program again. One other written answer I loved was that to be a good reader you have to use expression!
I really enjoyed looking at the responses for my learners and I will refer back to this throughout the year. I have really liked being able to see what the leaners like to read and what some of their favourites are which will help me be able to recommend books when we go tot the library, watch this space for some book recommendations from room 7!
