I have heard this question many times during the past several months. I have been working with a number of teachers who are in various phases of implementing a workshop approach for reading and/or writing. Most of us who have moved to a workshop approach have at some point asked this question and have had …
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Reading Assessment
Status of the Class
Status of the class is a technique that I borrowed from Nancie Atwell. When I first read about this technique in her book In the Middle, I wasn’t convinced that it was one I wanted to adopt. But after trying the technique for just one week, I realized how much valuable assessment information it allowed …
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Reading Self-Evaluation
At the end of each grading period I ask students to reflect on their own reading and self-evaluate. This self-evaluation is then added to their portfolios. Download Reading Self-Evaluations These reflections are used to help students set personal reading goals for the following grading period. See Goal Setting Ideas.