Day 9 RPI Sharing

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 Today is our last day for Reading Practice Intensive and the topic is Sharing. From Learn Create to Share the journey has come to an end for this Professional Development but a start for the continued Reading Practice Intensive in my Teaching Practice and also in my school.

Reflecting on students Reading and Writing is a skill and requires a good listening ear and mānawanawa be patient. Often we are in a hurry to get to the next page or the next topic or even to the next bell before actually taking the time to listen to what the students have to say or what they have learnt also along the way. This came from the feedback slide which had descriptive and generative.

Reflecting – Student Reflecting Space




Layering Across the Reading Model

Skill Builders Kete

Having access to the resources to be ready to teach explicitly 

A time-consuming process by which we can work smarter and not harder so that our learners are receiving descriptive and generative feedback through tracking. An important piece of empowerment. Sharing posts. Referencing the actual learning Intention. .

1. Seuga

  • Descriptive: You are decoding complex texts about human-induced change with excellent fluency, maintaining a steady pace without losing the meaning of the text. You have also done a great job picking up on our new vocabulary words.

  • Generative: As a next step, focus on reading the comprehension questions just as carefully as you read the text. Try highlighting the key action words in the question (like explain, compare, or list) so that your answers are highly specific to exactly what is being asked.

2. Sam

  • Descriptive: You are doing a fantastic job reading for meaning and understanding the broader impacts of human actions on the environment. When you take your time, your written answers are very thoughtful.

  • Generative: Sometimes you skip over tricky vocabulary words to keep up your reading speed. Remember to pause and decode those specific terms. Also, double-check your written responses against the question prompt to ensure you are answering specifically, rather than just sharing general facts about the topic.


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