Observation of reading recovery

I watched Hitha doing reading recovery with one of my children, Tui, reading at Level 7.  Tui started off by reading a familiar story called "The Leaf Boats."  Hitha got him to point to words with a chopstick as he read.  Hitha reminded him to pay attention to commas as he read.  She drew Tui's attention to words and punctuation he had missed.

Then Tui read another seen text - "Mother's Day" while Hitha did a running record.  She got Tui to choose a picture from the story to talk about.  Tui then wrote a story about the picture.  Hitha drew a sound box to help him with the word 'gave.'  She reminded him that the e on the end of gave was a 'magic letter.'

Hitha paid attention to Tui's letter formation too, when he tried to write 'breakfast' she noticed that he wrote his 'f' backwards.  She put a sticker over the f and got him to rewrite it.  She wrote his story on a strip of paper then cut it up and got Tui to put the words back in order.  She then focused on fluency, getting Tui to read it back "like a story."
Takeaway:  Watching this reading recovery session reminded me about using story strips for writing - this is an activity I haven't done in a while and would be good to use for my lower writing group. 

4. Demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional learning and development of personal professional practice. 

i. identify professional learning goals in consultation with colleagues.

ii. participate responsively in professional learning opportunities within the learning community.

iii. initiate learning opportunities to advance personal professional knowledge and skills.