Guided reading session (with other students added to group)

 

For this guided reading session, my focus was to include other students, not from the cohort. This allowed me to see if the original group would model extended discussion behaviours with other peers.

Also, I wanted to guide my deliberate acts of teaching by using the teacher support materials. I hope it will become more of a natural progression as time passes.

Google form for getting feedback from cohort

I created a Google Form to get feedback from the students involved about how they felt about extended discussions and how it impacted their learning.

Here are the responses from some of the students involved.

Term 4 data and update

Recent assessments have shown an increase in all cohort students' reading levels. Comparing terms 1 and 4 shows a significant jump of 7 to 8 reading levels. There has also been an increase in the stanine level achieved in the most recent PAT Comprehension assessment with some of the cohort.

Guided reading behaviours have made some positive changes too. For example, the students are reading questions more carefully than they used to. They are not rushing to complete work as they used to, therefore taking their time to understand the text on a deeper level. 

This week during guided reading sessions I noticed if I use wait time the students tend to extend their discussions without prompt.