Keeping Up with Mrs Faalili

Yesterday we had the opportunity to share with the Manaiakalani team and fellow CoL teachers, our journey for our CoL inquiry. My question: What changes can I make in my practice to lift achievement for Reading for all students, with a particular focus on boys? My intervention: using ALL strategies to target my learners. A.L.L (Accelerated Learning in Literacy) I had 3 minutes to share - some of the things I covered in my presentation were: How the ALL strategies were implemented in my class What happened for the learners What evidence do I have What did I do to make it happen Wonderings/Next Steps I also shared some of the changes that had an impact on my learners 1 . using ALL strategies to accelerate learning. I used front loading and double dosing a lot in my lessons. This provided a great vehicle for talanoa during my sessions.  2. Changing the way that I introduced and taught comprehension strategies before diving into a text.  3. Allowing time to lea...

Evaluation 1. Summarise evidence about key changes in teaching and other factors that influence student learning. This year has been a great journey. Some wins and some losses but it's been great learning for my students but also for me, as a teacher. The use of ALL strategies has been pivotal in the progress that my learners have made. With the targeted group of 6 boys, I listened to what they had to say about reading - how they felt about reading, what makes reading enjoyable, what makes reading hard and spent time really thinking about how I will implement their reading programme. Seeing them consistently throughout the week was always a challenge - and not all weeks I was able to see them 3-4 times, but from the get go - we were open, set goals and worked hard to try and achieve them. Biggest changes in my practise - *Acceleration rather than remediation. I had to know what Reading looked life for Year 5s and 6s in the Curriculum. * Using ALL strategies; brain storm...

A review of my intervention. I've had to remind my self that my intervention is the work I'm currently doing with my Target Group/ALL Group. This intervention (ALL),  when reflecting and preparing for the week ahead looks like this: 1. Looking at the needs of my learners  - Analysing student output, discussion, ideas and participation from the week.  - Evaluating what needs to be taught (stick with same Learning Intention or change). Student voice collected at certain points within the term to encourage student driven learning.  - Once the teaching goals for the week has been decided, I unpack how my students are going to be able to achieve their learning goal specific to a reading strategy (comprehension). Because my intervention (ALL group) is a group of Y5 & 6 boys who are working just below their expected level, I am always trying to think of creative, hands on ways to introduce new concepts and keep them engaged.  - Plan and use the ALL ...

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 ...