Sunday, 1 June 2014

LIFTING READING SKILLS!

OUR LEARNING FOCUS:   LIFTING COMPREHENSION 
Retelling a text in sequence
Unpacking vocabulary meanings by using textual and visual cues
Asking questions about what we read.

We LEARN to READ and UNDERSTAND by..

Reading with, to and by
Talking A LOT about the text
Having QUALITY THINKING and PROCESSING time.
Asking lots of questions
Using clues in the text and picture or knowledge of letter/blend/vowel sounds and chunks to solve 'tricky words'
TAKING RISKS - Giving it a GO!
COOPERATING, PROBLEM SOLVING and showing RECIPROCITY together.

We can all be TEACHERS and LEARN from EACHOTHER!








 EXAMPLE of one of our learning tasks.
IALT
Retell a text in sequence

SUCCESS CRITERIA: I CAN
Put the sentences into the order that they happened

The dog went

 A long the road

Round the tree

Into the park

After the ducks

Over the bridge

Through the flowers

Under the fence

Back Home


3 LEVEL COMPREHENSION GUIDE
IALT

Use clues in the text to help me understand

Success Criteria:  I  CAN

Use pictures or key words within sentences to help me comprehend or understand.

Choose ‘T’ for true or ‘F’ for false

                        The dog went up the tree.

                        The dog went  through the flowers.

                        The dog was under the bridge.

                        The boy was tired when he got home.

                        The dog was being naughty.

                        The boy likes taking his dog for walks.

                        Next time the boy should take an adult with him.
                       

                       



LAUNCHING 'BSELC'

Room 4 learners and Mrs Aiavao are trialling a 'Before School ESOL Learning Club' or 'BSELC'.

It will be an opportunity for us to develop our e-asTTle navigation skills, basic facts and reading comprehension skills.   
We will trial this for a month, reflect on our learning improvement and if all goes well, we will open this up to other ESOL learners.  

So far Fiafia, Malina, Gato and Veronika are enjoying their 8.30 -8.55 early-bird learning sessions.   Only one week in, and our e-asTTle confidence is climbing already!  

Mrs Aiavao loves how 'self-directed' these learners are, managing their own learning BEFORE THE SCHOOL DAY even begins!  

Well done to Malina and Veronika who are our e-asTTle expert coaches!

Watch this space as our skills develop.

EXCITED!!!

Making Global Connections

Kia ora from POMARIA ESOL SHINING STARS

It is so exciting to see people from around NZ, USA, Germany, Australia and Poland viewing our page. We are sitting on 388 views.  Our goal is to achieve at least 1000 by the end of the year!

We would love you to make comments about our posts or email our teacher Mrs Aiavao if you'd like to be our online e-pals.  We'd love to share more of our learning on a regular basis.

Please email Mrs Aiavao at k.aiavao@pomaria.school.nz if you'd like to private message.

Look forward to sharing more with our whanau and global community.

:)
ESOL SHINING STARS