Saturday, 30 March 2024

Teaching as inquiry target group

Inquiry Focus Question

How can I enhance the enjoyment levels of reading for my students and what effect will this have? 

My target group for my teaching inquiry is made up of 6 year 7 & 8 children -  2 girls and 4 boys. 

Through the reading survey, all 6 children indicated they were not reading a book for enjoyment and they do not enjoy reading. 

NAMEYEARGENDERREADING AGE
JF8Boy14
NG8Girl13.5
NM7Boy13
JF7Boy12
TR8Boy12
OV7Girl12


Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Manaiakalani Class OnAir 2024


This year, I am one of the Manaiakalani Class OnAir teachers. My focus is to demonstrate and showcase content form the Manaiakalani Reading Practise Intensive (RPI) I participated in last year. The RPI is a reading professional development course that seeks to equip teachers with the necessary skills to effectuively tecah reading in the 21st century. You can read more about this by reading my posts from last year. 

My first Class OnAir episode is complete. A full lesson plan, video and reflection can be found here.




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