I conferred with one of my students during Reading Workshop today about the writing she was doing about her reading. I noticed the words "things" and "stuff" appearing. I showed her the poem I wrote earlier today in order to encourage her to use words like "things" and "stuff" only when it's clear what those… Continue reading Using Precise Language When Writing About Reading or When Writing in One’s Notebook
Category: writing about reading
Sundays are for chart-making.
Prompts for Writing About Reading Originally uploaded by teachergal I've been cranking-out charts for the past hour or so: News & Announcements Charts, as well as strategy charts. Just thought I'd post a few of the strategy charts, for reading and writing, in this forum. Make sure you click through to the Flickr Pages (just… Continue reading Sundays are for chart-making.
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Writing About Reading: It’s Time to Kick It Up A Notch (or two)
Jacquie McTaggart published an article in Reading Today's April/May 2008 Issue entitled "Appeal to Students' Pride with Online Book Reviews." This was a timely article for me since I just put together the May newsletter for my students' parents stating that I'd like to see my students doing more reading responses (i.e., each and every… Continue reading Writing About Reading: It’s Time to Kick It Up A Notch (or two)
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Reflections: Growth
Someone once told me that an experienced teacher asks, "How are the kids doing?" rather than asking "How am I doing?" I've found that to be more and more true of myself as each year passes. I'm not as worried about how I'm doing... I think I know what I'm doing. I'm more concerned about… Continue reading Reflections: Growth
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A Retrospective of Posts
I was on Bethany's Blog this morning and came across a meme. Since I woke up around 4:00 a.m. this morning (couldn't sleep), I decided to give it a whirl. So, here I am! Here's the drill with the meme: Go back through your archives and post the links to five of your favorite blog… Continue reading A Retrospective of Posts
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“Everything and everyone goes on and on.”
I've read Jacqueline Woodson's Book Sweet, Sweet Memory to three classes now. However, I've never had such an intense discussion with any other group of children about Sweet, Sweet Memory as I did with my class today during Interactive Read Aloud (aka: IRA). One of the boys in my class, who sits right next to… Continue reading “Everything and everyone goes on and on.”
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More thinking about “writing about reading”
Thank you to everyone who made me do some thinking about "writing about reading" today. Using the TCRWP's old binder of lessons for this unit of study, I think I re-crafted a unit of study that I like. Click here to take a look at it. Please let me know what you think.
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Going Beyond a Reading Response Journal
Today was the first day that I had my students write about their reading in our read aloud. I asked them, "Is it possible for a child to change the society in which they live?" I got an array of responses, many of which impressed me. Even though I was pleased with their responses, I… Continue reading Going Beyond a Reading Response Journal
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The Test
When I lived in NYC, I never had to prepare my fifth graders to do writing on the State ELA Test since there was only a graphic organizer and a short response that the kids had to write about a passage. However, here in Rhode Island, we're preparing our fourth graders to take the New… Continue reading The Test
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Writer’s-Reader’s Notebook
I received Linda Rief's Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook: A Workshop Essential (Heinemann 2007) the other day. I began reading it almost immediately. Even though Rief, a New Hampshire Middle School Teacher, gears her writing towards an audience of teachers who teach middle school, I still felt this was a must-read book for me since I… Continue reading Writer’s-Reader’s Notebook
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Writing About Reading
I wrote the following in a reflection after hearing Ellin Oliver Keene speak at Teachers College on April 3rd, 2006. I think what I wrote then is worthy of mentioning on this blog right now as we, as literacy educators, think about the ways in which we'll assess our students after they read. "Ever since… Continue reading Writing About Reading
