--------- Debbie wrote, "The one thing that I can see the value of is the students having control of the notebooks." ---------
Don't forget to check out Beth Newingham's web page. Remember she has AWESOME resources available to download for a reader's notebook. http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.htm Click on "Literacy Links," then on "Reader's Workshop," and finally, about half way down the page she has a link to her Reader's Notebook ideas and .PDF files. (Also many are in .doc so you can adapt them to fit your needs as well.) I think you could easily incorporate a section in each notebook for your own anecdotal records. The students would have their notebooks with them as they were reading and you could just open up to that section as you conference with them. I'm thinking of trying that next year in 5th grade. Has anyone tried this? One benefit would be a sense of "ownership" as each student can see exactly what you are writing. I'm also playing with the idea of having a 3 box record sheet. One box would be a note keeping box, where you could either record a running record, or just conference notes. The second box would be titled, "I liked...," to record positive behaviors you noticed. And the last would be, "How about...?" where you could record what you'd like that student to work on. Run about 4 or 5 of these sheets back to back and place them into the student's notebook, ready for you each time you conference and just keep adding to the section as you need. Then each conference is recorded and ready to share at parent-teacher conference time. What do you think??? -Michelle/IA http://www.mrstg.com _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
