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Student Reading
Survey
Markiesha Gervacio
ITE 313

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Demographics

5th grade class.

The class consists of 24 students.

9 girls and 15 boys. However, when I conducted my

survey, there were two girls absent that day.

Out of the 23 students that were present, two students

were English Language Arts Reserve. These two
students did not take my survey.

Out of the 21 students that did take my survey, one

student was an English Language Learner (ELL) and
two students were Gifted and Talented (GT).

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Reading Curriculum

The reading curriculum that is used at this Elementary

is Trophies.

There is a wide range of reading levels. Majority of the

students are in the middle. Only a handful of students
are exceeding.

There are no special reading programs that any student

participates in. Besides the two students who are ELA
reserve. These two students leave the classroom
during the Language Arts block.

The type of assessment that the school uses is

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
(DIBELS).

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Reading Survey Sample
Reading(Survey(
(
(
Name:______________________________________((((((((((((((((((((((((((Date:______________________________(
Directions:(Circle(one(answer(for(each(question.(
1.(How(do(you(feel(about(reading?(
a)(I(love(reading(((((((((((((
b)(Its(okay(((((((((((((
c)(Ill(read(if(I(have(to(((((((
d)(I(dont(like(reading(
(
2.(I(think(reading.(
a)(Is(fun(
b)(Is(only(important(for(school(
c)(Will(help(me(get(a(good(job(
d)(Other:(__________________________________(
(
3.(I(read(best(when(Im.(
(
a)(In(a(quiet(place(by(myself(
b)(At(school(
c)(With(a(friend(
d)(In(a(large(group(of(people(
(
4)(Im(most(comfortable(reading(aloud(
(
a)(Quietly(to(myself((
b)(To(one(other(person(
c)(To(a(small(group(
d)(To(a(large(group(
(
5)(What(types(of(books(do(you(enjoy(reading?(
(
a)(Funny(stories(
b)(Sports(
c)(Scary(stories(
d)(Other:(__________________________(
(
(
(

6)(What(types(of(reading(material(do(you(prefer?(
(
a)(Books(
b)(Comic(Books(
c)(Magazines(
d)(Other:(___________________________(
(
7)(When(you(have(a(reading(assignment,(when(do(you(read?(
a)(Right(when(I(get(home(
b)(Late(at(night(
c)(Right(before(its(due(
d)(I(dont(do(it(
(
8)(I(understand(information(best(when(I.(
(
a)(Read(it(more(than(once(
b)(Take(notes(as(I(am(reading(
c)(Read(with(a(partner(
d)(Other:___________________________________(
(
(
(

How do you feel about reading?

Students Attitude
Towards Reading

6%
10%

When I asked how

students felt about
reading, 44% of them said
reading is okay. The other
majority of students
expressed that they love
reading. Only one student
did not like to read.

45%

40%

I love
reading
It's okay
I'll read if I
have to
I don't like
reading

I think reading is

Students Attitude
Towards Reading
For this prompt, I found
out that majority of the
class thinks reading is fun.
No students believed that
reading is only important
for school. I gave students
the opportunity to fill in a
blank if they chose
other. The one student
who chose other stated,
reading is boring.

5%
45%

50%

Is fun
Is only
important
for school
Will help
me get a
better job
Other

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Students Learning Styles
I read best when Im

Im most comfortable reading

aloud
Quietly to
myself

In a quiet
place by
myself
11%
6%
83%

At school
With a
friend
In a large
group

5% 5%
10%
80%

To one
other
person
To a small
group
To a large
group

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Analysis of Students Learning
Styles

Comparing the two graphs, it seems like majority of the

students feel more comfortable reading to themselves.
Only one or two students felt like they read best/ most
comfortable when they read to a large group. The
students should get more opportunities to read aloud in
the classroom so they will become more comfortable.

Its also interesting to see that no student felt like they

read best when they are at school. The students might
feel pressured to read at a certain rate when they are
at school.

What types of books do you enjoy reading?

Students Reading
Interests

Funny stories
Sports
Scary stories

The graph to the right

shows students interests
in books. Most students
enjoy sports. Which is not
a surprise because the
class is heavy boys. As
you can see, there is a
wide range of preferred
genres in the classroom.

5%
5% 5%
20%
5%
10%
25%
15%
10%

Any type of
book
Fiction
Adventure
Anime
Non-fiction
Mysteries

What types of reading material do you prefer?

Students Reading
Interest
Majority of the class
prefers reading books.
This includes hard or
paper covered books.
Only one student
preferred magazines and
the rest of the students
chose comic books.
However, I should have
specified whether the
reading material was used
for school or for leisure
time.

Books
Comic
books

5%
32%
63%

Magazine
s

When you have a reading assignment, when do you read?

Students Work
Habits
Majority of the students
claimed that they complete
their reading assignments
right when they get home.
However, there was one
students who circled I dont
do it, but then erased it and
circled, Right when I get
home. Students may have
been hesitant to tell the truth
about their homework due to
the fear of getting in trouble.

16%

5%

79%

Right when
I get home
Late at
night
Right
before it's
due
I don't do it

I understand information best when I

Students Work
Habits
In the information
presented, majority of the
students believe they
understand information
best when they read it
more than once. Only two
students expressed they
need to read alone to best
understand information.
Which is interesting
because in a previous
question, majority of the
students preferred to read
by themselves.

11%
26%
5%

58%

Read it
more than
once
Take notes
as I am
reading
Read with a
partner
Read by
myself

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Implementation Plan

I would have the students read aloud in small groups in

order to build their confidence on reading aloud to others.
However, I would still fit in that quiet reading time that
they need individually.

I could choose a topic about sports so that the students

will be interested in the topic. In order to broaden their
interests in other genres of books, I could work with my
mentor teacher to bring in different articles that the
students could read. Articles could include:

Sports in school/college

Animals

Anything that they could relate to their home life.

Most students believe reading is fun, so hopefully bringing

in other genres will enhance their interest in reading.

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Implementation Plan
(continued)
Majority of the students enjoy books as their main source of

reading. I could work with my mentor teacher and have the

students explore multimodal text. This way, students will
be able to express their learning through:

Videos

Voice recordings

Book recording

If students are given various types of multimodal texts as

homework assignments, they might want to do their
homework once they get home.

Multimodal texts will also help those students who are shy
and prefer to read by themselves. Such as recording
yourself and composing a short film about a passage they
were assigned to read.