As I start to being the Literature Review process, I am filled with both excitement and a sense of being overwhelmed. I have begun to compile my resources and believe I know what I would like my focus to be. When trying to decide on my topic, I knew that I wanted it to be related to reading. In First Grade, reading is a critical and time-consuming component of our learning day, and no matter how much time is allotted to reading and writing, it never seems like enough!
Because of this, I want to make sure I am doing everything I can to maximize the time I have toward reaching each student's learning potential. While I believe strongly in phonemic awareness, I also believe that sight words can really help to boost a student's confidence in reading. Seeing a word and knowing it immediately has a powerful way of making a student feel good about reading.
Similar to most elementary school classrooms, I have a Word Wall. We learn the words and put them on the wall. However, after they are there, my activities using the wall are limited. My wonder is that if I increase the number of word wall activities, will reading fluency be improved among my students?
My next step is obviously to research. I also would like to find some effective fluency assessment tools.
Let the journey begin....!
Paula,
ReplyDeleteYou seem focused and on your way to some great action research! After meeting with you and Tony tonight, I think you are decisive on what will help your students most. You are definitely beyond your years in teaching! Janet
Good luck on your research. It sounds like you have a great idea and are ready to tackle the next round of Action Research.
ReplyDeleteJanet- It was great meeting with you guys! I feel very fortunate to have you with me on this journey. You gave me some great ideas! I checked out Badgerlink and found some really great resources on my topic! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteKaren- I am very excited to get started on my Action Research. I am wondering how this mini action research will differ from the larger one we do next Fall. Do you think we can expand on the action we take this time around?