Yesterday I attended a beginning teacher course for reading at the Waikato University. I was a bit unsure of what to expect at first but once we were introduced to the speaker Louise Dempsey I relaxed and focused.
Throughout the day I learnt a lot to do with reading in the classroom. The first block was spent learning about shared reading techniques which I have never really done in my class. She introduced us to a range of simple activities that we can use as modelling lessons to teach the whole class and overall save time so that we don’t have to teach each individual student. I also learnt that these activities should be based around my middle to upper group level in order to bring the lower students up.
The last part of the afternoon was spent looking at guided reading and the most effective way to plan and teach it. We looked at a variety of text that we could plan. Louise informed us a good guided reading session should be spent focused for at least 20 minutes any shorter and it is a waste of time. She also said to focus on the content rather than trying to get through the book as a whole.
I look forward to implementing some of her ideas and techniques into my class over the next few weeks.
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