Reading | Hear Me Become a Reader
Hear Me Become A Reader. What's it all about?
There is nothing quite like playing back something that you have rehearsed or performed and just... listening: feeling pride in your successes; noticing the areas for improvement and acting on them. This is what real learning is all about!
'Hear Me Become A Reader' is our way of enabling pupils to journal their reading journey; giving pupils ownership over their development within the subject. With more and more pupils uploading audio readings on a weekly basis, we wanted to make this process more interactive and even easier than ever.
What impact does it have on pupils and their learning?
Who is it aimed at?
'Hear me become a reader' is open to all.
Our Reading team focusses on working with parents to support their children to read when at home. They also target their support toward pupils who struggle and lack opportunities to practice beyond the traditional school day. Our ultimate ambition is for all parents and pupils to access this approach via our Microsoft link below as a form of monitoring and celebrating progress in reading. We have found this approach to be the most impactful and effective way to raise the profile of reading within the family. It also enables us all to celebrate a child's progress in reading and develop self-esteem and ignite the reader within.
How do you access Hear Me Become A Reader?
With Microsoft OneNote, pupils now record and upload on the platform itself, to a confidential section in the 'class notebook' - just between the child and their teacher. What's more, pupils (and parents) can comment under each recording, as well as adding to a 'collaboration space' where pupils can recommend new books to their classmates. There is also a 'content library' containing key reading resources to help equip your child with the tools they may need to become more fluent and comprehensive readers.
The same expectations of a weekly recorded reading will be required as part of your child's home learning diet; but within the class notebook, pupils could easily upload a recording every night of the week if they wanted to (as has been requested by pupils and parents).
If using a laptop or PC, pupils can still access their class notebook via their TEAMS account, or if using a tablet or mobile phone, you can download the Microsoft OneNote APP from your APP store and sign in using your child's MS TEAMS login details (please note it can sometimes take up to 24 hours to sync notebooks).
Have a go and explore the class notebook - the more your child uses it, the more confident they will become at leading their own learning. We can't wait to see how pupils use this new tool to enhance their learning at Mayflower!
Please see the links below, which provide step-by-step instructions in 'logging in' and 'recording your reading'.
Together we can...
HOW 2 ... log into class notebook on MS One Note (laptop/PC)
HOW 2 ... record my voice on MS OneNote while reading (laptop/PC)
HOW 2 ... log into class notebook on MS One Note (mobile devices)
HOW 2 ... record my voice while reading on MS OneNote (mobile device)