Inquiry Action Plan

 

Fake food budget photoshop

 Task Description: today in Cybersmart we learned how to use Remove.bg to create our own photoshopped images. Here is a fake image of me drinking a coffee at the Coffee Club. 

About me in Google Draw

                              

This week, during our cyber smart lesson with Mr Goodwin,  Room 11 learnt how to use google draw. We learnt to resize images, use different shapes and fonts, and use google search to find images that relate to who we are.

   

Google Draw

 As part of our classroom cyber smart learning, Mr Goodwin taught us all how to use google draw by drawing this fishbowl using the shapes and the curser line to draw rocks and seaweed. 

Mask on Mask off

 

In a mask on World, the students are finding it difficult to hear and understand instructions.  It's becoming quite exhausting trying to breathe through the mask, give the instruction the first time only to have to repeat it. My students can't see my facial reactions, so they can't see whether or not I'm happy or sad. 

We can't sing unless we are outside and we all know our kids loved to sing. 

I'm done reminding the students over and over throughout the day  " Nose to Chin" so now I say " If your mask has slipped down passed your nose then pop it back up" and this seems to be working better. 

There are so many complications in our mask on World, but our safety is important and for the time being, we must continue to do what we know and have been told.

In a mask off World, I want to see our kids entertain us again with their singing and performing, our kids shine in this area. I can't wait for this to happen. If we are happy and safe then we are learning. In small groups. We are able to be closer to each other. 

Success!!!

My inquiry question: how can an integrated approach to reading and writing impact learners decoding and reading fluency?

The students have done really well in the last 2 terms. They have been successful in learning strategies to help work out unknown words. Learning the correct sounds of alphabet letters was vital. When the students learned the sounds and correct letter names, we continued with blending sounds by repetition before reading. The success of this is the reading support from Helen and the Quick 60 program run by Irene. Having a process and daily routines for reading and writing preparation helped the student focus and be ready.  Giving students the tools and resources continue to help and encourage them to keep learning after they have read with the teacher. Sharisse and I made our own EEs and resources that would help the students continue practising what they had been learning from the morning's lesson.

The video shows just a few of the activities the students can do after reading. They don't do EEs at this stage. The video shows 2 students reading:  the day's focus was to fix our own mistakes when reading doesn't sound right or look right. 

My site page has Quizlet, which is a word program the students have access to from Helen. Hands-on activity which has a link to the activity they can do after reading with the teacher and Reading eggs. The Essential word list is also featured on the site as a reminder to learn these words at school and at home. 

I'm absolutely proud of all the students. I have worked them extremely hard in the last 2 terms and they continue to make small steps with every reading session. 

From one of the students:  " We're reading blue books, I've never read the blue books before I'm super excited!"

My Inquiry so far

 I'm really pleased with the hard work the students are putting into reading. They don't look to my face or lips for the answers anymore. They have worked hard to learn strategies to help work out sounds they're not sure of in the books they read. The video below shows the boys using their blends cards. The boys were reading level 5 and using the yellow alphabet cards to work out the initial letter sounds before the lockdown. The boys are now reading at level 7-8 and working on blends when they get to words with blends they are not sure of.