Reading

Programmes teachers are using to support students and help accelerate achievement in Reading.

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Feeding in before Reading

Junior Example:

Discussion of book prior to it being read to them.
Exploring the language in book.
Pre-reading (by Teacher)
Focus on specific goals. Students share their goal daily and what they need to do to achieve it.
Word lists (specifically HFW) are created to accelerate the reading process for the week. Word lists are read and checked daily. A reward system is in place to encourage students to practice these at home.

Books are specifically chosen!

Sunshine Classics

A great online digital story platform for use on both ipads and chromebooks. Teachers can set students readers at their level. Students can work through the readers at their own pace and then complete the three activities at the end of each reader to check their understanding of what they have read. Teachers can track the progress the students are making.

A great idea for students monitoring their reading level:

If the student is finding the level too easy they can create a screencastify (Screen Recorder Extension available on PC's, Mac's and chromebooks) of them reading the book and then share it with the teacher.
The teacher can watch and listen to the reading, checking for accuracy and fluency. They are then able to quickly identify if they need to move the student up a level or not.

This is a great opportunity for students to take control of their learning and self-monitor their progress.

Using Padlet

Using a padlet where students can record any words that they don't know or understand during their reading. As a teacher you are able to quickly see what words you need to work on with them and help them understand what they mean.

The padlet could also include focus questions for the text. This helps student's think about what they are reading, as they read for a purpose.

Click on the Padlet link to show you an example from Paihia School.

Multi-Modal Reading

Multi Modal Reading is engaging students and helping to deepen their understanding and improve comprehension.

Multi-Modal Reading includes a variety of reading resources about a topic. The learner is presented with a variety of texts using a variety of modes including video, animation, audio, podcast, infographics, photos, websites, cartoons. The texts can also be at different levels (multi-textual): main text, complementary text, scaffolding text, student selected text, challenging text.

You can present this type of learning to students in many different ways. Below are some links to see how different teachers plan for this type of learning.

Google Slide - Matariki (Ohaeawai School)

Google Draw - Matariki (Ohaeawai School)

Google Draw - Solar Power (Ohaeawai School)

Google Draw - The Moon (Adapted by Ohaeawai School)

Google Site - Lunar Eclipse (Paihia School)

Google Site - Paper Planes (Core Education)

Google Site - Pigeons (Panmure Bridge)

This Multi-Text Database was created by Angela Moala as part of Manaiakalani Innovative Teachers 2017. This database supports Multi-Modal Reading and includes a range of resources from her and other teachers within Manaiakalani and Outreach. Please free to use these resources and even better contribute to the database.

MultiText - Database

Google Sites

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