Introducing Literacy Circles to encourage deeper and more critical thinking 

This week I am introducing my first Literacy Circle to the top reading group in the class. Students have a reading age of 12+ years.
My rationale for this is that I want to find ways to encourage my students to think more deeply and engage more critically with the texts that they are reading. According to TKI literature circles

"enable students to extend their comprehension and critical analysis skills as they explore, in depth texts by a particular author or on a specific theme".

I will continue to monitor student response to this new initiative and will roll the programme out to lower reading groups once I feel that the roles within the group are well established and that students are experiencing success.
More able students can then help to facilitate other groups through discussion and modelling.










Te Kete Ipurangi (2018). Approaches to teaching reading:literacy circles. Downloaded from http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Planning-for-my-students-needs/Effective-literacy-practice-years-5-8/Approaches-to-teaching-reading