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=﻿﻿﻿﻿Welcome to Jessica's Wiki Page = = = =Class Assignment 9/5/11=

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[|Wisconsin Standards for Reading in Kindergarten]

===**Next, I would like you to take a minute and think about how you learned to read! What do you remember while learning? Please list a few things that you remember below. (EX: I used magnetic letters on the regriderator, and looked for the alphabet while my parents drove).**=== ===**1. Laura - I can't remember learning to read, but I do remember the high, middle, & low reading groups (and I remember them calling them that!). I remember having a love of reading, bu I had two teachers as parents. I remember my dad's book orders and I remember getting tons of books through it. **=== === **2.Michelle- I can't remember the details, but I do remember my mom and I spending lots of time reading books over and over and over (at my request!) and I also remember learning to write my name: a big feat with 8 letters! I remember encouragement and practice and personal motivation being the key.** ===

**Feelings of anxiousness or excitement?**
=== Laura - I remember in sixth grade that they made the reading groups based on the scores from the Iowa tests. I remember that I scored badly and was moved to a lower group. I still remember my mom fighting with my teacher about that. The whole experience that year really discouraged me and turned me off to reading. === Michelle- I loved reading from the start! I still do. I always felt good about my reading abilities. I was always in the "high" group. As opposed to math, I adored books:) ===Please take a minute to look over what I will be asking the students to do in class! Due to being 5 year olds, I will ask the hole class and then send this home for parents to help their child to fill out. I may also be asking the parents to fill out a reading survey. [|Reading Survey]===

=Please click on the word Voki and listen to what you will be doing next: [|Voki]=

= **﻿** = =media type="file" key="PhotoStory.wmv" width="300" height="300"= = Outline of Presentation... = = I. Literacy Development = = II. Stages of Literacy Development = = III. How Students Change and Grow from K-2 = = IV. Essentials for learnign to read = = V. Building Self -Esteem and Motivation = = VI. Parental Involvement = = VII. DAILY 5 Reading Program =

=The Daily 5 Reading Program is where I will be taking most of my data from when the students are turning in there work samples. Take a look at what the Daily 5 is about: **[|Daily 5]** =

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== = = = = =Action Research:= =A.Question: "How do I motivate or ignite students to read independently?"=

(not sure of I should add and use their reading strategies?) Anyideas?
What interests them? interest surveys What happens when they have a choice of book? What kind of books will they choose? Will they choose just right books? Nonfiction or fiction books? How do students select their books to read? Should I use book buddies? Are they spending enough time on task? Should I be using a mystery box of books to introduce many books? How do the attitudes of the students change reading in school vs. at home? Should I change the way I teach reading? Should I be using more read-alouds? Literature circles? Use reading strategies?

=﻿B.Brief Description:= Student interest surveys Whole groups reading, small group reading, one-on-one reading, buddy reading Read-Alouds Checking for just right books Teacher journal/notes

=﻿C.2 Audiences:= Explain to a colleague: How will I assess a students reading level compared to future reading levels? Running records How long will this program be in place? Semester of research How do you get students motivated to read things they are not interested in? Mystery box, book talks, begin the read loud and cut it off.

Explain to my students: My students gave me some great ideas. They thought about if they would have to read by themselves or with partners. They told me to make it interesting and have book bins that interest them. See which bin was low on books due to students having them in their desks. Some students asked on average, how many books will they have to read a day? Are chapter books more popular than picture books. Put projects with reading!

Jessica ~ This is out of my realm a little for teaching because I have no experience with reading but I do remember my third grade teacher would always read books out loud and it totally sparked my interest in reading. She picked harder books than we would normally choose (longer chapter books) and would read 20 minutes or so a day. I even remember the books were the collection of Beverly Cleary books about Fudge. So, I really think that picking a book out of a mystery box and reading a portion of it to get the kids hooked is a great idea to get them motivated. You might also be able to try to get the kids to choose a book for themselves, and then have them trade it with another classmate that might have a different style they like to read. ~ Katie

Another reading question! I like it :) You have a lot of well thought out follow up questions. Does your question entail reading independently anywhere? If so, I imagine you'll need to use some type of records to see how much they are reading at home and at school. You'll also maybe compare how much they read when given a topic or specific book compared to a choice of their own,ect.. Kim

Jessica, this sounds very interesting! I will be following your learnings closely... maybe I'll discover some ideas for use with my 5th graders! As for the wording of your action reasearch question, I love the word "ignite," it really conveys your enthusiasm/passion for this topic. You asked for thoughts on whether to include, "and use their reading strategies." In my opinion, being an enthusiastic reader is closely tied to chosing books that appeal to you, but also understanding what you're reading (ie: comprehension, word decoding, predicting, etc.). You can't enjoy a book if you don't understand it. Therefore, I would think the 2 should somehow be tied in together, whether in the same question or in a sub-question. ~Michelle

Reading is definitely a great topic to research. I think your results will have a huge impact on how you teach reading every year. Will you have incentives for minutes read per week? per month? You could have students log the time spent reading to others. That may interest/motivate them. -Matt

Jessica- It's interesting that third grade teachers and 5K teachers can have similar questions and worries about their students reading. This really shows me how much of what I teach spirals to the following grade levels. I really like the mystery book idea. Sometimes I think our resources get too focused on the reading level and we forget that kids will be more interested to read something if they are interested. As adults, we choose books based on interest. Why can't that apply to kids too? If you have access to a book room, or maybe even the school library, you could do the student interest surveys and then try to find books that are near the child's level in that category. Laura

﻿Jessica- I like the your questions focuses on the motivation of students. I'm sure many of us struggle with this part of teaching often. How can we motivate students that are not self-motivated? I LOVE to read and read for enjoyment all the time (another reason I especially love summer, more "fun" reading). Yet, when I think back upon my elementary school years I am not sure if I loved to read so much back then??? I think I really started to love reading and, therefore, do it in my spare time simply for fun, in high school or college; when I could read whatever I want on my own schedule. This is why I enjoy using a readers' workshop. But, even when students are choosing whatever it is they are wanting to read, someone else is still "making" them read in general. I look forward to seeing what you find out! I'm sure any tips and tricks to motivate those students that don't especially love reading will be appreciated by all, at any grade level. :) ::Lindsey::

Chad and I met at UW-Whitewater where he and I received our Educator's License. I have been teaching for 5 years in New Berlin Public schools.


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