Day Nine

 

Sharing

Having the children share is an important aspect of their learning. Above are some definite ways you can share. The one way that Manakalani has decided on is to use blogs. Sharing is one of the pillars of practice that our cluster follows. 

It is important to plan for this to happen to ensure it becomes consistent and a regular aspect to their reading programme. 

We discussed feedback and collaborating with others to share on a blog.  Being able to get whanau engagement is a bonus as well. This may mean having to invite them in different ways to try and get engagement. 

Below are some ideas.

Day 8

 

This is some data from the latest survey that the children completed. I think it is great that the children think they are good at reading and that they think their family have a positive attitude towards it. The children having these positive attitudes about their ability can only help to make them be successful in reading. I will say I do think that I need to, as a teacher, keep working on ensuring they know what I think of their reading. I actually had a child afterwards pop up and see me about what my thoughts are on their reading. Them thinking they are good readers is going to help them to have a positive attitude which can definitely help them to make progress in reading.   

Day 8

 Today was about the importance of Create in reading. I agree with the fact most children are more engaged when they are working on their create activity. 

The slide above is one that is important to keep in mind to ensure you get a variety of Create activities. There are many tools out there to help with ensuring we get a variety of Create activities happening. We discussed a little about the usage of AI and how this can help. I liked the activity we did with reading a little of the Te Marama story and creating a background image for this. Then, comparing this at the end with the one in the book. I think this could lead to some interesting discussions. I would though, be ensuring that the children put in the prompt which best represents what they saw visually in their head and not just put in the text to get them a picture. 

Above are some things you need to consider when planning for your create activities. I know that I don't do enough of the collaboration activities. I find these can be time-consuming and can lead to issues. I will endeavor to try and ensure there is a range of these activities. Along with this, I would like to try and include some non-digital create work, as giving the children the option to do drama or something not on the computer would be great.