Naomi reminded us that all the reading studies suggest that those students
that read beyond the classroom and that partake in that ‘wider reading’
(ie. they read at home). These children will have an increased/accelerated
gain in reading.
Cluster blogs throughout NZ that can give you lots of ideas,
especially in regard to ‘create’ activities with reading.
The above link looks like the image below.
Scale scores are really important when looking at PAT comprehension results,
if you just look at a stanine it will include where children should be
at for March next year.
Students need around 7 exposures to new vocab words to lodge it into
their long term memory. That's why it is important to have a broad diet of text.
The notion of a reading community is really important now,
both inside and outside the classroom.
Great interview template to get family involvement with reading: Link
