I managed to catch an actual disorder that was preventing a student from reading properly. I got some help from Robyn Anderson, who has much greater knowledge than I, and she managed to find an initial problem and quick fix. From here I go to our SENCO (Special Education Needs Co ordinator) to try and get some more appropriate support for him.
This year we had a new boy (pseudonym, Bruce Wayne) join our school and class. Bruce came with low capabilities in literacy and numeracy. As the term progressed, Mr Wayne presented with common behaviours that cause problems in the class. There were no records of extra learning needs from his previous school.
During running records, I decided to ask whether the letters on the page seem to jump and move around as I'd noticed Bruce blinking and changing his eye position a lot during reading. He said there were issues, so I got help from Robyn. Robyn figured out that Mr Wayne has a much easier time reading with a green overlay. Bruce's reaction to being able to read letters and words that stayed still was great, and I hope can take advantage of this new development.
Read about Irlen Syndrome here. I'm not sure if it is Irlen Syndrome, but the initial behaviours and checks point towards it.
Saturday 6 April 2019
Teacher Inquiry 2019: Maths ability and Reading comprehension; what's the link?
Nearing the end of Term 1 for 2019, I finally have some time to blog about my teacher inquiry for 2019. This year, Grant and I have decided to do a joint inquiry into poor maths performance and reading comprehension; more on this below. Since we are doing a joint inquiry, most of the posts for this inquiry will be posted on a separate blog with a feed to those posts underneath the header of The Wong Teacher.
The inquiry Grant and I are looking into comes from noticing that some of our students with poor performance in maths have skills and knowledge that are not presented in the standardised tests to evaluate mathematical understanding. There are other factors that contributed to deciding to look into the effects of reading comprehension on maths ability as well. Read about these and further posts to do with the inquiry on the LS1 Teacher Inquiry blog.
The inquiry Grant and I are looking into comes from noticing that some of our students with poor performance in maths have skills and knowledge that are not presented in the standardised tests to evaluate mathematical understanding. There are other factors that contributed to deciding to look into the effects of reading comprehension on maths ability as well. Read about these and further posts to do with the inquiry on the LS1 Teacher Inquiry blog.
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