Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. --- Attributed to Groucho Marx And make sure to check out these FREE SUMMER READING PRINTABLES. Don't be fooled by the word summer, I can totally envision using some of these ideas in classrooms. Check it… Continue reading Words that are Speaking to Me + Something Cool
Category: record keeping
Facebook Event – Day 5
Our Stenhouse Facebook Event concludes today with a final downloadable and printable writing tip is entitled "Record-Keeping Systems That Make Sense for You." You can find this tip on our Facebook Event. Here's what you need to do to participate: 1) Go to our Facebook Page. Click on the link that will take you to… Continue reading Facebook Event – Day 5
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Record-Keeping Forms
Ever since I took Carl Anderson's course, "Assessment-Based Writing Instruction: Use a study of Student Work to Generate Goals and Systems for Recording Progress Towards Those Goals," I've been thinking a lot about student goals for writing and record-keeping. While everyone (likely) has writing goals for their students, I wonder how often we use two… Continue reading Record-Keeping Forms
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Record-Keeping Forms
I recently tweaked some of the record-keeping forms I disseminate when I consult with teachers about conferring. Some of the forms now have space to record the mentor text a teacher studies in alongside a child in a conference or with a small group in a strategy lesson. I think it's important to keep track… Continue reading Record-Keeping Forms
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The Case for Record-Keeping
Ruth and I are putting the finishing touches on the Conferring Section of our book just as I'm starting to work on presentations for two separate school districts about conferring in the Writing Workshop. Hence, conferring has been on my mind a lot lately! Record-keeping is always a hot topic when you talk about conferring… Continue reading The Case for Record-Keeping
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Keeping Records
Strategy Lesson Record Sheet Originally uploaded by teachergal It's always been tedious recording the teaching point from strategy lessons on three - five kids' conference record sheets every time I conduct a strategy lesson. Therefore, I've decided to separate the strategy record logs from my conferring logs. I created the record sheet, right, inside of… Continue reading Keeping Records
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Tracking Chart
I created the Slice of Life Story Challenge Tracker and posted it above my desk, which is oddly located in my classroom's meeting area, this afternoon. I cannot wait to see how many of my students partake in it this-coming Monday!!!
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SOLSC: Student Tracker Spreadsheet
Need a quick record-keeping form to use to track your students' Slice of Life Stories in March? If so, click here for a spreadsheet I created and published as a Google Document for that purpose. All you need to do is plug-in your students' names.
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My Writing Teacher Goals
Angela Redden got me thinking about all of my goals for the upcoming school year. I thought this would be a brilliant place for me to articulate my writerly goals, so here goes. 1. To streamline my conference record-keeping for Writing Workshop. (My Reading Conference notes have always been great, but for some reason I… Continue reading My Writing Teacher Goals
