Michelle, I too have my students record their thinking by using sticky notes. I quite like your idea of taking the notes out of the book and placing them into their reading folder on a page for future reference. What does each section of the four blocks stand for? Are the sections labeled? Thanks! Maura Fifth/NJ
-- -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Michelle TeGrootenhuis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I teach fifth grade and use sticky notes all of the time. Kids write on them > and then we attach them to a "four-square" page (a paper that simply has > been divided into four squares with room for the title of the book at the > top) that is kept in their individual reading binders--pages of direct > evidence of the kids' thinking while reading. GREAT for classroom formative > assessment, report cards and parent-teacher conferences. By the way, the > kids also have the option of simply writing directly on the four-square > page, bypassing the sticky note. Most use the notes though because of their > portability and small, non-threatening size. > > Whenever we begin a new strategy focus, my kiddos have a little bit of time > figuring out what exactly to write on those notes: how to write just enough > information and how to SUPPORT their thinking with evidence from the text. > That's why it's SO important to follow the GRADUAL RELEASE model beginning > with MODELING. Modeling is not just a one time shot. You need to model, > then model again, adjust instruction according to the needs of your > students, model some more, and just when you think they JUST about have it, > model AGAIN! :-) If the kids aren't "getting it" they need a MODEL of what > "it" should look like. > > Of course, don't forget the other steps in the gradual release including > shared, interactive, guided and independent practice. Your 5th grade > teacher may be modeling, but skipping some of these other steps. Each is > important in developing active readers. The Strategies That Work book does a > nice job of explaining this process. Not only a good way to teach reading, > but simply a good way to TEACH, period. > > -Michelle TG/ IA/ 5th > > This message sent from the home of > Scott and Michelle TG > www.mrstg.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Buice [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A teacher in my building is having difficulty with fifth graders use of > sticky notes. Does someone have a lesson that helps them focus on just > writing real connections on the notes - they are not getting her point. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
