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Literacy Consultant and Exemplary Educator from CEWA, Stephanie Johnson, spent the day with SFX staff exploring key elements of the Literacy instruction:
Non-Negotiables
Developing students' ability to talk about their learning and their progress makes a difference. The following elements assist students in discussing their progress and learning:
What is a student led conference? A student led conference is a meeting run by the student for his or her parents, entirely focused on the student's recent learning. During the conference the student presents work in different curriculum areas, discussing the process of learning and the progress made to date. Why have student led conferences? The research about student led conferences:
How do student led conferences work?
Prompts to support the child:
Video Example: http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Media-gallery/Learning-to-learn/Student-led-conferences Paula Power ![]()
Staff shared reading strategies used in their class in an effort to develop a common approach and language across K-6. Junior Primary staff focused predominately on decoding strategies, while middle and upper were more focused on comprehension. While different mnemonics were used, all covered the range of strategies identified in the First Steps resources. Whole School Strategies:
*Predicting *Self-questioning *Re-reading *Connecting *Skimming *Reading On *Comparing *Scanning *Adjusting Reading Rate *Inferring *Determining Importance *Sounding Out *Synthesising *Summarising & Paraphrasing *Chunking *Creating Images *Using Analogy *Consulting a Reference See First Steps Reading Resource Book Chapter 4, p.114 |
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July 2017
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