This is not the journal issue... but Ia conference management issue that I have wrestled with for ages; I now hold a mini group (3 students) conference and do it on the "days of the week" rotation. I sit in the back of the room with three kids. I elect one strong, one average, and one needing lots of help. I have found over the years, when I did single conferences, the student with the closest proximity to me in each conference other than the student with whom I was talking made great progress.. he got to listen to several plus his own. I put together groups of three, logistically, I have the weakest studnet go last. He listens to stronger writers and readers share ideas and ask for help from the other students..."Ah, strong students need help, too!" and the light goes on that everyone needs help. I send kids off one at a time to cue another to come and take his or her chair. It really is effective and provides a double and triple whammy for every child involved... except student number one at the start of the conference. That student is the only one to do his spiel minus anyone else reporting. Once in a while, I have that student sit through at least one other conference before going off on his or her mission to signal another that it is his time in the box. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Punchak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] Management Details
> Hi Pam, > I mentioned collecting 1/3 of each class' journals at a time. 1/3 on > Monday, 1/3 Tuesday, and 1/3 Wed. I simply went down my class lists and > labeled them M-T-W. Since I have 3 reading classes, I collect period one > (which I call "red") this week, period two (blue) next week, and period 3 > (green) the following week. Students know well in advance when their > journals are due and, of course, I post the class whose journals are due > each week on the homework board. This method makes journal collection > easy > and also keeps responding manageable. (I'm only responding to 8-10 > journals > per night.) > Barbara/6th/FL > > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Someone, Kim maybe?, said that they collect 1/2 a class at a time. How > and > > when do you let the kids know you are collecting notebooks? That sounds > like > something that might work for me. > > Pam Tempest > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
