Pacifika – workshop one Interpreting the Assessment Tool results to inform the effective use of reading strategies

Overview Intended outcomes Focused specific strategy development for teaching reading Increased confidence in using Assessment Tool results to inform practice Improved understanding of working effectively with Pasifika students Improved digital literacy skills through post- workshop online discussion and exchange

The Learning Progressions Know the DemandsKnow the Learner Know What to Do

Knowing the demands What texts do your learners need to read? What are the skills needed to read and understand the texts?

What do learners need to be able to do to read and understand this text?

Knowing the learner What reading assessments do you currently use? How do you use your assessment results?

National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults

Using the resource books Activities to support comprehension and vocabulary

Developing reading skill Reading vocabulary Comprehension strategies

Reading strategies 1-4

Strategy 1 - Concept map Topic Is Has Does Found ClassificationDescription Location Dynamic

Strategy 2 – text structure Using the features of a written text to make understanding the text easier.

Strategy no. 3 Summarising is: Extracting the main points and repeating them in your own words. Brown & Day, 1984 Connect[ing] major themes into concise statements that capture the purpose of a reading for the reader. Block & Pressley, 2003 A good summary is : A short statement that links the main points of a text into a coherent whole.

Macro-rules 1.Delete unnecessary material 2.Delete redundancies 3.Generalise – For example, “cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs” become “pets” 4.Integration For example, “Open ‘File’, open ‘Save as’, enter document name, click ‘Save’ icon” becomes ‘Save file’. 5.Select a paragraph topic sentence 6.If no topic sentence exists, invent your own!

Strategy 4 – cloze exercise The objectives of cloze exercise are: To develop rich conversations between learners about texts To generate and use key vocabulary To cultivate an interest in words and texts To begin thinking about the authors text structure

Discussion question What do I know about the assessment tool now that I didn’t know this morning? What do I need to know now?

Overview Intended outcomes Focused specific strategy development for teaching reading Increased confidence in using Assessment Tool results to inform practice Improved understanding of working effectively with Pasifika students Improved digital literacy skills through post- workshop online discussion and exchange