PAL Reading Funfair @ SK Jengka 2

Today SK Jengka 2 hosted the PAL Reading Funfair, coordinated by Sarah Higgs and Tom James, TELL2 Mentors from Jempol and Chenor respectively, and assisted by Zamri Shamsuddin, Syed Narolhisa ( A non-TELL2 teacher), Noriza Bt Yaacob, Faridah Bt Jaaffar and a few other SK Jengka 2 non-TELL2 teachers.  PAL reading is an excellent technique to increase reading fluency, but more importantly a fun way for students to engage with reading skills.

The event was a huge success and students had a great time.  The morning started with a PAL reading session.  Students were paired according to years (year 5 with year 3 & year 4 with year 2) read short books from the library.  They followed this process:

1. Senior student reads a page to younger student

2. Younger student re-reads the same page

3. Senior student ask younger student to find and spell a word from the page

4. Repeat

After the first session of PAL reading, the fun activities began.  The event has 3 PAL Reading Stations: (1) Jumping Words, (2) Expressive Reading Relay, and (3) Punctuation Skittles.  You can see the programme for the event and activity lesson plans by clicking here.

Please take a look at the photo slide show below and I hope to have the same event in all the schools!  If you are interested in hosting this event, please invite us to join you at your school!

--Sarah Higgs, Jempol