Week 3 Leadership Blog Post

Action Research Project:
My action research project was focused on increasing student's reading fluency through additional technology and working in groups.  As students reach higher grades there is less focus on fluency and students who are already behind fall further back.  In order to help students and to engage them in their work students used short plays to practice within their reading groups.  Students would practice with their group each week and record their plays onto the computer using different forms of technology.  This practice provided students with instant feedback on their reading and allowed them to become more confident in their skills.  In further cycles students added pictures to their work through Pixie and were able to work on their comprehension skills by depicting what was happening in each scene.  All students were able to increase their fluency through the two cycles and their progress was evident in their work.  


I would like to share this project through The Reading Teacher.  This journal collects articles that are used to give advice and new strategies to teachers K-12.  This is a great way to share ideas and learn from each other.  


Links:
Week 1 Leadership Post- To Publish or Present: http://jmbistram.blogspot.com/2012/06/to-publish-or-to-present.html


Week 2 Leadership Post- Where to Share:  http://jmbistram.blogspot.com/2012/06/where-do-i-want-to-share-my-project.html


Leadership Document:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-XsDfrGbYvP76Mkc6svuoJnxvPM_TyZBzcTN9UFOJFQ/edit