Last year I switched from 13 years at primary in the same school to Middle
School. I knew I was ready for the change because I didn't have as much
patience with my second graders and was getting more frustrated then usual.
I spent the last month of school and all of last summer flip flopping
I went to a RTI workshop in April that was really good. I'll have to look
for the web sites (they may be at school). One of the points she really
stressed is that the majority of our students should be at benchmarks with
our core programs (tier 1)(without interventions), and if that isn't
I've heard a lot about Daily 5 and plan to check into it this summer. Is it
appropriate for use in a 6th Grade Middle School Reading class (each class
period is 48 minutes and we meet daily)?
thanks.
Having said that,
my suggestion is to run, don't walk, to the nearest Barnes Noble and
I've ordered my copy from Barnes and Noble. It looks like it won't ship
until March 10th, so hopefully I'll have it by the mid March starting time.
Cindy
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I have two, but they are very similar. The categories are: participation,
on topic, eye contact, listen/respond to others, respectful to each other.
I recently added volume. They also have a spot to note what went well and
what they need to work on. I'm happy to share, but I'll have to get my
This is my first time posting, so hopefully I'm doing it correctly.
I've done Lit Circles twice this year. Though I don't know everything going
on in their discussions, they have gone much better this time. I don't
assign roles, but have kept control of when they meet and what their
responses
