17/02/25 Class Reading Survey Results
After having completed the survey last week with the ten Yr 4’s I have, the class and I went through most of the graph slides today and had a preliminary discussion. I was very impressed with what they were able to discern from the slides. We then decided to concentrate on these two slides as they told a story the children could relate to and think of things to say.
Cassey remarked that ‘we all enjoy reading when we’re at school’ and when Paul asked her why, she answered, ‘We get books we can read and understand. Sometimes I choose a book but it’s too hard.’
Zuriel commented further, saying ‘’We all enjoy reading at school because that’s one of the reasons our parents send us to school; to learn to read and get better at it.’
Myca then said, ‘We like reading at school because we want to get better for College and get a good job one day.’
Zia added that ‘it's nice to know that the teacher can help us if we get stuck with a word or understanding.’
The children decided this slide showed that half the cohort liked reading in their own time for enjoyment and half didn’t. Paul said that maybe the really good readers were the ones who like reading on their own, wherever they were.
Conclusion:
When asked how we could improve our enjoyment and amount of reading in our own time (slide 2) the children came up with some great ideas:
*Paul said he would like to take his Duffy books home as soon as he got them because he had chosen them and so he thought he would like to have them next to his bed to read when he liked.
Normally the children keep their Duffy books at school so they can read during Silent Reading or Reading Rotations.
*Fa’alili asked me if I could suggest more books when we go to the library for him to read. He said he is enjoying the BFG which I am reading to the class each afternoon.
*Cassey and then Paul and Zuriel agreed with her that ‘When we go to the school library, we should be ‘realistic’ about the books we can actually read. Maybe just choose one we really want to read.’
The above * points are the ones we would like to focus on this year, as we attempt to increase our enjoyment of reading books in our own time.
I wholeheartedly agreed and Mrs Yumul, our Librarian said she would also assist the children in finding just the right book/s for them to enjoy.
