I felt that today was a great introduction to the RPI. It helped to bring our students as readers to the front of our minds and gain a deep understanding of what skills our readers need to be successful readers.
I enjoyed having a bit of a reflection of myself as a reader and thought it was good to reflect on my own reading practices (my reading for enjoyment tends to stop when the term starts). It also makes me think back to our getting-to-know-you bingo at the beginning of the year and how many students couldn't say they had read a book over the holidays. When I said I had read 4 books many were amazed which has made me think about the power of us as role models for reading and the time we put into reading, especially in front of our students. Time for quiet/independent reading for the students is often a time for me to see a group or follow up on a problem but it would probably be more beneficial for me to model that enjoyment of reading. There is also so much more that could be done to follow up from this time to promote excitement around books, e. g. more sharing and celebration.
I enjoyed Richard's reminder about reading across the curriculum and the examples he gave to include fiction and non-fiction topics e.g. reading about sharks you can read non-fiction texts, stories, myths and legends, watching videos, new articles, etc. It is important to be intentional with our planning to incorporate a variety of texts.
I look forward to diving deeper into the aspect of the reading pillars of practice. We have looked at the High Leverage Practices over the years but I think having an active focus, homework, and opportunities for reflection with others and accountability will help to embed these into my practice as often these aspects drop off when we are not consciously focusing on them.
I am looking forward to doing the survey with my learners to find out more about their reading habits, thoughts, and feelings about reading to get a baseline. I also think that the reading challenge resource will really engage my learners, so I will be giving that a go. I think I will also take back the reading about the reading about motivation to my team as we have a lot of readers in our hub who don't have a lot of reading motivation.
I am really looking forward to learning more about the task board and modeling book
Kia ora Sarah,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you gained a lot of valuable informationand reminders from day 1. Like you, I only really get to read during the holidays. I do love it though. Reading silently alongside your students can produce some interesting results in the long term. It definitely has short term gains for a lot of students but it takes longer for us to see the impact with others. Out of curiosity, what do you think the survey might tell you about your students and reading?
Angela
Hi Sarah, Thanks for taking the time to reflect on your practise, we are all abut adding in the pieces that we think are going to support you and your students. I thought you had a great idea when you mentioned sharing the excitement for books and reading. We look at learn create and share over the days but how do you think sharing excitement could look? The taskboard and modelling book we dive into over the next 2 days in particular, I think you'll really like them and find them practical. Like Angela I look forward to seeing your survey results. Nga mihi Kiri
ReplyDeleteKia ora Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks for reflecting on Day 1 of the RPI. Like you, my team and I have often talked about being positive reading role models and bringing our own books into school to read alongside them during our Silent Reading time - it is yet to happen but we are hoping that it does.
How has the survey gone? I look forward to hearing about it on Day 2.
Ngā mihi
Anna
Tēnā koe Sarah
ReplyDeleteI am an avid reader and this RPI actually has made me start reading new books just so I could say I was reading something for enjoyment myself! It is very easy to get stuck in life and push books to the back of your mind, but just one day on the course and I have leapt back into reading with avengence. I think my class will say they enjoy reading, but show me they aren't reading - can't wait to find out.
V
Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such an inspiring adventure. I also believe that reading with our tamariki is so beneficial and also reading children's books so we have a knowledge and ability to recommend some books to those who may be struggling to select a story they think they may enjoy.
Ngā mihi,
Wendy