My Inquiry Focus for this year is based on the School Entry Assessment Data. Below I have analysed the data and have noticed the lack of skills that will be required to achieve and make shift in learning across all curriculum areas. It is evident that there is a lack of basic alphabet, word and phonemic knowledge.
I have thus decided to use this information to help form my inquiry question:
If explicit strategies are explored and taught for phonics and oral language, will accelerated shift occur in other learning areas?
My initial thoughts are that if I use phonics and alphabet knowledge as a basis, could I get learners to respond to text more?
How can I transfer the social skills learnt through learning through play into thinking and sharing when explicitly teaching?
How can I interweave the gifting of language that occurs at Flying Fives more into phonics, reading and writing?
Looking at these questions they seem more like seperate inquiry questions. I am willing and eager to track the progress of my changed practice and how they affect and help learners achieve accelerated learning.
Alignment with the Manaiakalani Achievement Challenge:
I am also interested in seeing if the focus on oral language helps learners share their thinking and ideas in Writing and Maths.
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