Reading Practice Intensive Day 3: Text Selection
Today's session was very informative. We talked how we are grouping our learners (either heterogenous or homogenous), and about the types of texts that we are selecting for our learners. The first thing that had me thinking was how I could group my learners. Do I go the heterogenous (mixed ability) route? Or do I go the homogenous (levelled grouping) route? It all depends on how I am looking at data and next steps. I can maybe think about catering to interests more or even gaps, which could take me the heterogenous way. Or I can look at my learners levelled groups and think about what their needs are, taking me the homogenous way. The next thing that had me thinking was my text selection for my learners. Was I choosing a range of texts for my learners? What did it look like when I actually put it all together about what texts were chosen? I noticed I chose a lot of fiction texts, and as much as I used a couple of non-fiction texts, there wasn't much of a range. I think ...


