Recently we have been discussing the future direction which our group would take in regards to boys education. We discussed reading and writing issues in particular. Through research we discovered that most of the research indicates and highlights what we arleady know and implement in our classrooms. Another hurdle which we have encountered is that a majority of information is targeted at middle to upper primary children. Also we have found it difficult to find pratical ways to improve or implement programs into our classrooms.
Through discussion with Frances and Toni who had recently been to a professional training day they gave us the idea of using ipods in reading groups which have levelled stories on them. We are hoping to get uppper primary boys to read the stories onto the ipods.
In year 1 our focus is on improving writing skills and language development. Programming will focus on sentence structure and using alot of discussion to help develop their oral language.
Kinder may follow and centre their writing program on boys topics and girl topics.
Please feel free to add other ideas or research which you may have.
Thanks
Love tracey, col and annette
