Hey readers! I am currently in my last course for my Master’s
program. I’ve been so busy with school, work, and just life in general to stop
and enjoy writing about my teaching adventures. I will be making a few updates as my class
goes along and sharing my research study findings and reflections with you.
My research study will focus on trying to find a connection
between reading comprehension improvement through the use of a web based
reading program. My official research question is as follows:
Will a web based reading intervention in conjunction with
regular reading instruction, help students who are at least one level behind in
reading, improve their reading comprehension skills?
Reading has always held a special place in my heart and I hope
that my research study gives me some answers on how to better utilize my professional resources to help my students.
Week 1:
During the first week, I sent home the Letters of Assent and
Parent Letters to let my families know about my project. This is essential because I must have permission from both the students and guardians before I start my research. I sent these forms
home on a Monday and by Friday, I had minimal responses. So the following Monday,
I sent the forms home again but I took the time to really explain to my
students why I was doing this. I told them how; I have always had a passion for
reading and that I felt as if they did not like reading. This led to a
classroom discussion on why reading was important. By Wednesday, of that week
I, more papers were returned. I would like to note that,
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| Student Motivation Survey that I am using. |
During this first week, the students took there pre- assessment
reading level test on Moby Max, which is the web based reading program that my
study focuses on. I will begin putting
that data together and will share that when I have received most of my permissions from students and parents. My students also took a
student survey to help determine how much motivation they have to read which is pictured above.
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| Moby Max is the web based reading program, I will be using. |
Week 2
The goal is to have my students do Moby Max for at least 20
minutes a day. This week during school we had a lot of interruptions with testing and a couple of school programs. I had to double up Moby Max time on a few
days, to make sure that I met the number of minutes that I needed for the week. I am
noting that I may have to do this several times throughout my study, as the
testing at my school will continue for the next few weeks.
Hopes:
I am hoping that this study will improve my student’s reading comprehension and in return, will help better prepare them for our state
testing in May. I look forward to sharing my findings with you and getting back
to sharing my teaching adventures as well.
Until the next the next time that life has checked me.
-Tia
