This year, my inquiry focus is the
Acquisition Of Language In Reading.
My questions heading into this inquiry are:
- How can I plan follow up experiences in reading that will increase language acquisition?
- How can I plan rich activities that will bring students back to me better than I left them?
I hope to lift the achievement in reading for all students in my class and improve the achievement of students with additional needs in the learning area of English.
Upon reflection on 2018's reading lessons, I realised that my follow up tasks lacked creativity and didn't challenge my students enough. My follow up experiences should have reflected the WALT of the lesson more and needed to be more hands on. I got into the habit of reusing a lot of tasks that other teachers had created. These were good tasks, but didn't reflect what my own students needed.
Instead, a lot of my follow ups were more like time fillers.
This year, I aim to create follow up tasks more intentionally. I want them to be creative, hands on and to reflect the groups' current needs.
Whilst students are not reading with me, I want them to be building on the skills that we learnt in small group time. This will bring students back to me better than I left them.
I have a target group of 5 students who are all reading just below their rdg age. I will blog about their progress throughout the year.
