BACKGROUND: The 2018 Woolf-Fisher research findings showed a clear achievement gap for Manaiakalani students in Reading across all age/gender groups in the cluster.
Reviewing my end of year data for 2018 highlighted a group of Year 7 students who had made no or little shift in their reading level over the year. Their end of year test results showed a reading level below their chronological age of 11 and 12 years old. In 2020, these students will transition to their first year of high school and as Year 9s, will need a higher level of reading to support their learning
HUNCH: The reading comprehension of this group is being negatively impacted by a limited knowledge and understanding of essential vocabulary. My intention is to build an approach to language acquisition that uses specific word consciousness activities such as strategies developed by Paul Nation and Janni van Hees, that can be supported at home by a student's parents/caregivers.
INQUIRY FOCUS FOR 2019: Manaiakalani CoL Achievement Challenge 4: To increase the achievement of Years 7-10, in reading, writing and maths, as measured against National Standards and agreed targets.
TARGET GROUP: a group of five Year 8 students (2 female, 3 males) who have reading ages ranging between 8.5-9.5 years. An initial goal is to raise their Reading Age (R.A) to 10 years by the end of the year.
FOCUS QUESTION: How will an explicit focus on words and word meanings improve the reading comprehension of Year 8 target learners?
STARTING POINT: I will test each target student to assess their current reading age and vocabulary levels. I will then trial a set of vocabulary strategies over a period of time before re-testing each student using the same test tools to determine what, if any, changes have happened.
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