What went well:
- the class love Daily 5 and the structure of the rotation where they know where they are going and what is happening next
- they enjoy the variety of activities - the iPad-Padlet photo & caption, Steps, Listening Post, Handwriting/ Publishing or spelling and guided reading with T
- activities are independent and children are encouraged to problem solve or ask a friend to help
- my planning is much more in depth and follows the Reading progressions made by the Curriculum taem last year
- I am coming to terms with teaching children reading at the lower colour levels after usually starting at Orange or Turquoise most years previously
- the children are learning that it's okay to revisit a text and to discuss and interpret the story so that a book can last a few days
- I am keeping up with Running Records for children who are 6 for 6 year netts and for those due for National Standards anniversary reports (ie turning 7)
Changes/Next Steps:
- I need to try to fit in at least 4 reading groups or rotations most days as time goes so quickly and distractions happen so that some days I only get through 3 groups
- it took a while to establish routines! how to Listen on the listening post, how to EEKK and silent read/Read to self, setting up Steps, and showing how to use Padlet
- L&A observations/feedback and suggestions from Toni in the last week before the end of term mean that I will trial having the children read a text before they come to a guided reading session - I will need to show them how to record their attempts at "tricky" words
- this will hopefully make more productive use of Teacher time
- I will use the Gerald Duffy skill/strategy checklist that Toni gave us as a basis for my planning
- I will make sure that the children who have not been "producing the goods" on their Padlet page are monitored more closely and are made more accountable - having a buddy peer assess their work
- I will change the Padlet writing activity in a couple of weeks to recording fluency reading using Audioboo - reading a text or poem - then listening to it and giving feedback to themselves or a buddy
