There were lots of good reminders today, new things to try and resources that I will look into more over the holidays. It was really good timing for me in terms of the focus being on 'text selection' as I just had a discussion with my mentor in our last meeting about this. I brought up the fact that I have identified inferencing as a gap and formed our WALT around that but the novel (The Witches by Roald Dahl) we are committed to reading (still only about half way through) doesn't always make it that easy to focus on this. After todays session I now see how I can incorporate other 'witch' related texts alongside our novel that may be more suitable to our particular WALT.
Completing the text coverage activity was an eye opener as well and gave me lots to think about in terms of what I am and am not exposing my students to. Using the text coverage sheet will definitely keep me more accountable and ensure I am providing a more balanced reading programmes in terms of different genres.
We also discussed the three different tiers in relation to vocabulary. Although we do discuss new vocabulary throughout our guided reading sessions it isn't always planned ahead of time, more just as we come across it. One thing I am going to change is to include a 'word study' in my students contracts. I found a google drawing template in the graphic organiser folder that was shared with us which I might start to incorporate each week.
I have found an old shelf at school that I am going to turn into a book display. We no longer have a school library but we have made an order with the National Library so I will use this shelf to display and promote our new set of books. I might leave one shelf empty and have a rotation where each reading group is in charge or picking a book of the week and making a display for it.
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