Michelle,
I teach second grade and put my conferencing sheets in each student's RW
notebook and it works like a dream for me. Whenever I conference with a child
or meet with a small group they always have their notebooks with them and I
don't have to worry about losing pages or trying to find things I need at the
last minute...it's all there. I also tell the kids what I'm writing because I
have a section for what they did well and what they need to work on. Sometimes
I will write what they need to work on on a sticky note and they keep it with
them when they read as a reminder (most of the time with second graders that is
a decoding strategy). Then I check back to see how that is working. I started
this method 2 years ago and love it. I am also able to share notes with
parents easily at conferences because the kids have the notebooks their to
share the books they've read and responses they've written.
I teach in Iowa, too! I went to your website to find out where you teach. I
teach in the Ballard school district near Ames. It's exciting to meet
someone from your own state on the listserv!
Wendy
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Debbie wrote,
The one thing that I can see the value of is the students having control of
the notebooks.
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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.htmhttp://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.comhttp://www.mrstg.com/
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