reflections · Reflective Practice

Year-End Student Reflection

Ruth Ayres

An integral part of being a writer is taking time for reflective practice. The end of the school year is one time to ask students to reflect on their lives as writers. Take some time to consider which aspects of their writing lives you would like students to consider. Here is a PDF of a year-end student reflection I created several years ago (Year End Student Reflection) when I wanted students to engage in reflective practice, yet we didn’t have a lot of time to devote to it. They could use three different pieces of writing or the same piece of writing for each question. I think it is always a good day in Writing Workshop when students are engaged in reflecting on their growth as writers.

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5 thoughts on “Year-End Student Reflection”

  1. Thanks for sharing this, Ruth. Our department has just started having students create portfolios this year, with specific types of writing to be included per grade level, and your form would be a perfect addition to it. I’m forwarding it to my department head. 🙂

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  3. I like this year end reflection. I will have to make myself a note to refresh my memory for the end of next year; my students have been out for almost two weeks now!

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  4. I had my second graders look over their three writing samples for their portfolio and they were shocked at their first piece. They’ve come so far, but I was frustrated because they seemed to only look at their punctuation or spelling. I tried to highlight how they had stretched their pieces and added details. I know that when I conference with them, I try to not focus solely on fixing their writing, but teaching the writer. I’m hoping to challenge myself to become better at having students reflect on their writing.

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  5. When I was in high school we had to collect all our pieces in a portfolio at the end of the year and then write a reflection letter that was placed at the beginning of the portfolio. It was basically an extension of this PDF that you posted. I like this worksheet though for younger students, it’s simple but does encourage them to reflect!

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