Approaches to Reading and Spelling in senior classes.
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Approaches to Reading and Spelling in senior classes
Guided Reading is a differentiated approach to teaching reading to children at primary school level
Children read at their own level, making reading enjoyable and meaningful for them
The class reader is too easy for some pupils and too difficult for others
School Self Evaluation Statistics from Australia and New
Zealand where this approach is on the national curricula
Very positive feedback from teachers in the school who had attended courses and undertaken research on the topic
Successful pilot in 2nd and 3rd classes in 2013/14
Pupils are tested to help with grouping.
This testing is called Benchmarking. Testing is done 1:1 outside the door
using a kit The class teacher and/or the
support teacher benchmarks. At 5th/ 6th class level we only need
to benchmark a sample of students
1st- 6th Classes -All year in all classes- 2 days per week- 1hr.
Support teacher working in class.
• Class is divided into 4 groups• - similar reading ability• 2 adults- Class Teacher + Support
Teacher- 2 groups each• Each group is reading a different
text/novel• While teacher is working with one
group, the other group is working on an independent task
• Some variations on this … SNA/ class dynamic etc
Flaws with traditional methods of teaching spelling. School Self Evaluation Staff training in January 2013 Successful Pilot in 2013/14 in 3rd
classes. Differentiated approach
Corewords
Dictation
Personal Dictionary
Spelling Homework
Alternative word sources