Designing Effective Resources to Support Pānui Programme.

As part of Room 8's Pānui Programme, I realised that students needed multiple opportunities to engage with the texts they read, as well as increase their reading mileage.  I found the perfect resource - available online through TKI, 'Te Huinga Raukura'. 

The only issue I discovered, however, was the lack of access to digital resources that allowed my students to practice and consolidate the skills they'd learned during our reading lessons.

For every text the students read, I created supporting resources to consolidate their learning.  The plan is to create a resource bank for many years to come.  Below are examples of resources we'd expect the students to complete weekly.  

*He Pānui Whakaharatau - Reading Practice (reading groups, audio tape support)

*He Mahi Takitahi - Independent Practice (without audio support), can request a conference with the teacher.

*Hei Mahi Tiriwā - Cloze activity

*Hei Mahi Whakaraupapa - Sequencing activity

*Hei Papa Tākaro - Board Games

*Hei Mahi Tuhituhi - Writing activities

I initially planned for the students to complete two books per week, however with attendance issues, and disruptions with flu and covid-19, students were only expected to read one book.  We also use maoriminute - takawiniwini; kauwhatareo-Ngā kete kōrero; and the multitude of books available for our school resource room to achieve our reading expectations.

It also became vitally important for my students to track their reading, so a reading log was designed.  It can get very busy, so ensuring they had the skills to self-manage their learning became vital.  We aim to complete at least four pānui haere weekly so we'll have data to share midway through each term.  It also allows us to record student progress and discuss the students who made progress, identify the students who didn't, and as a syndicate identify differences in our teaching practice that was effective, activities that were engaging, and eliminate anything that in essence was counter-productive to our literacy programme.