Keeping Up with Mrs Faalili

What changes can I make in my current teaching practice (Reading) so that I am more effective in addressing the WALT/LI? (Student learning focus) Hypotheses: Here are some of the things that I am currently doing in my class in Reading that I feel is making a difference: Speak pipe: recording of self reading. Building on fluency and clarity. Providing feedback specific to that. A.L.L group: a target group with 6-7 students seeing 3 times a week, using specific ALL strategies to promote learning Less able group being seen by either myself or Support Staff everyday for either reading or word building Trying to find a balance between hard copied text (book) and online resources (digital texts). Some of the things I aim to change in my teaching practice: To make reading strategies from LLP visible for all learners so that they have more ownership over their next learning step/goals. After having success with sharing the Maths School Matrices with my learners, I am po...

After analysing my data this year, (PROBE, PAT and student observations) I've selected and formed my ALL target group - Reading Focus. It's been a real journey getting to know my learners. I used the Learner Profile that we had received during our ALL PD to help gather information about my students. Because I know some of these learners are anxious 1:1, I conducted pair interviews and we sat down as a 3 to share and build their profiles. What have I noticed; - all my learners are boys - mainly year 6s (one year 5) - there is a mismatch between assessments (PAT & PROBE) - all my learners are working just below the expected level - they like to read non-fiction texts - there's a 50/50 split between prefer reading books/hard copy vs online/digital - 2 of them feel anxious when it comes to group teaching because it's too close to the teacher - vocabulary and not understanding what words mean make it difficult for them to understand what they are reading ...