Action+Research+Plan

These are the areas on which I focused in my Action Research Plan:


 * __Problem:__** Last year's 4th grade students at Flandreau Elementary School tested low on standard 4.R.2.2, students can develop fluency by utilizing fluency stratigies independently. The 3rd Grade students last year (who are this years 4th grade students) also tested low on a fluency standard: 3.R.2.2, students can fluently read aloud and silently to comprehend text. Thus, I can conclude that fluency is a problem for the students we are focusing on.


 * __Question:__** Will integrating 21st Century Skills and Tools improve student achievement on standard 4.R.2.2? Specifically, will using technology engage students in a different way that will positively effect their learning outcome while using fluency strategies?


 * __Plan:__** Integrate 21st Century Skills and Tools into my lesson plans for standard 4.R.2.2. I plan to administer a fluency pre and post test to see each students fluency level. I will use a formative assessment fluency passage each week, over the course of the teaching to check for gains in student individual fluency. I will do fluency phrases on PowerPoint slides to help improve the standards 4.R.2.2.


 * __Reflection:__** This was a great learning experience for me. I have been able to see that the students definately enjoy using technology, and they seem to continue to be engaged in technology integrated lessons. Although my project did not go exactly like I planned or have the results that I had hoped, I believe that I am on to something and will continue to experiment with this and other areas of technology integration. The students seemed to be driven by both the use of technology and their performance on the activities that I had planned to increase standard 4.R.2.2.


 * __Implications for Future Work:__** Rather than using the SmartBoard to do this project, I hope to be able to use the same idea, but at individual computers, rather than one at a time for each student. I also plan on implementing technology in many more aspects of my lessons. I have learned that once the students have become comfortable with the device/program, the desired outcome is much easier to obtain. So, using the same device/program in more areas would be beneficial.