I do something very similar. My students have a reading response notebook that they write in each day, every day I collect one group and respond back. I've found that they are becoming better at responding and thinking about their reader each week. In addition, they are responsible for filling out an 8 blocks response sheet each week for a book they are reading. This is from the book, Independent Reading Inside the Box by Lisa Donohue. I LOVE this book - it has really helped me find ways to make students accountable for their reading and it gives us a great vehicle for discussion.
On 9/19/09 9:40 PM, "ccunningham" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I need to know when you have your students read independently is there some > sort of authentic piece that they have to give > you so you know they are reading? > > To make a long story short my third grade students are not allowed to read for > enjoyment. We are a Reading > First school. We have a 90 minute reading block: 30 minute whole group, 60 > minutes small group and workstations. > We seem to pack our stations so the students can't independently read. They > follow a Must Do list that includes a practice > page and then their station, yes only 1 a day. I can't tell how much this > breaks my heart and I cannot go another year > developing kids who don't/can't read for pleasure in school. > > So, this year I thought about breaking the kids up into 4 groups (Mon, Tues, > Wed, Thurs) . Each day students from a group would write me a short > letter in their notebook telling me about the book they are reading. They > could use the skill we're discussing in reading like > problem solution, or drawing conclusions, etc. Then I would write them back. > My classroom library is Lexile leveled so I know they would be reading > at their level. > > Does anyone do something like this? Does this sounds like it would worthwhile > for the kids? I got in trouble last year because a struggle reader > was reading a poetry book during reading and it didn't have anything to do > with the skill we were on for the week. I don't want to go through that > again. > > Thanks for all your help and keep up the great work that you do!! > Cathleen > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
