Mentor Meryl Thomas and mentee Nuruanawati bt Zaitong at SJK(T) Ladang Menteri discussed how she might implement PAL in her very mixed abilities year 3 class. We realized that the mixture of abilities made it an ideal environment to implement this within the classroom. Without telling the pupils what was happening, Ana called out the names of her stronger readers and then paired them up with a less confident pupil. She then explained that one of the pair would be a little teacher, and one their pupil. "Who do you think should be the teacher?" she asked. Without exception they all agreed on the roles in just the way that Ana would have wanted. I thought this was a nice touch- well done Ana!
We used some quite simple reading books, all different, so that the stronger readers could exchange books as needed and the others could take their time and feel successful. One girl didn't want to stop- "Look at me, listen, listen, I can read!!!!!" she shouted!
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