Inquiry reflection term 1

This year my goal is to make reading follow up tasks more creative for all levels. I have realised that by setting typical question and answer activities for every book, students don't learn as much new vocabulary, do rich word work and aren't very engaged in their learning because the same type of comprehension activities get boring after a while. I'm not saying that working on comprehension is not important, I just need to mix it up and be more creative.

I aim to make learning experiences more hands on for all learners - especially for my groups that are reading between 6.5-7.5 years. As seen in the slideshow above, we have been working on sight words, word families and have been playing games to learn blends.

As for my students that are reading at 10 years or above, I have been setting tasks that have helped them to think more creatively about the stories they read. For example, they've created movies, posters and postcards which have required them to learn how to do their own research, read websites and connect their stories to the world around them. In doing these tasks, they have learnt other valuable lessons - like how to work as a group and new technology skills on iMacs, iPads and their Chromebooks.