I use Readers Response Journals, but I don't grade them. It's a weekly letter to me, which I respond to. At the beginning of the year, and throughout the year I give them examples of types of thinking they can use. When I skip a week, the kids are usually disappointed and ask if they can turn them in anyways. Maybe their reaction is because it's not graded, it's just a personal communication. Each Friday when I look at the pile, I think I should stop doing them, but the response from the kids and the opportunity to write meaningfully keep me going! Paula
--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Deaneen Pashea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Deaneen Pashea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Response Journals To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:54 PM I was wondering how you grade the responses. I have tried the letter writing= with my students every year, but find that it does become a dreaded task. = I often can learn more about students through conversations and the shorter= responses, but I am now struggling with how to give them a grade on those r= esponses. I often use rubrics, but would love to hear other ideas. Deaneen Pashea Wayne Center Elementary Kendallville, Indiana _______________________________________________ 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.
