My inquiry focuses on supporting growing practice across our school through a collaborative inquiry approach with a teaching colleague.
After firstly identifying our target students, our next step was to identify our target students' areas of challenge and strengths. This was done by comparing running record data/ probe data, gathering student's voice, and anecdotal data of reading behaviors within the daily classroom.
My colleague asked me to do my own assessment of her students to gain a different perspective and see if I identify the same challenges as she did. This was really beneficial as it means we both have a clear idea of where the students are at and where to take them next and was the basis of rich discussion about possible focuses on raising student achievement. It also confirmed what she had identified as challenges as both of us had noticed the same reading behaviors.
Reading behaviors noticed:
