Todays session looked at texts, and text selection.
Key points for me were: 1) Choosing the texts, based on how the learners have been grouped. This also had the idea of Mirrors/Windows/Sliding Doors (a concept from Rudine Sims Bishop Link) where the learner can see themselves in what they are reading, but are also introduced to new ideas and things outside their experiences.
2) Building text sets, based around an anchor text. Within this set, try to include a variety of text types - multi-modal, with plays/poems/audio/video/etc available. Also consider vocabulary, and try to provide a range.
3) Thinking about the wider reading programme and how it is being run at the moment, especially around their personal reading time - how to encourage actual reading, and how to monitor/support and involve family/whānau in this.
These are the 3 main areas I will be focusing in the weeks ahead.
