Today was the third day of Choice Board Activity work period. AND for the third day in a row ALL my kids were on task for the entire 40 minutes. I love watching them make decisions. About three of my kids had done really nice sketches of the most important setting. The kids who chose this project are visual/spatial learners. They found some watercolors in my cabinet and want to create a more detailed painting. They are coming right along. I'm surprised by the level of quality from most of my kids. They are taking their deadlines seriously.
I am concerned for about five kids across both of my classes. I see them working and researching. However, I have see little progress. I plan on sitting with those kids in a small group tomorrow during our work period to help keep them focused and spark some convesations about product creation. Monday we will be doing peer assessments. This is what I am very excited about working on.
I started meeting with my small groups today during independent reading. I met with my highest readers to work on roots, suffixes, and prefixes. We will study the meaning for prefixes the next time we meet. The goal is to help them deal with the more complex words they encounter in their books during independent reading.
I am hoping to get some help from the reading coach at my school. Small group work has always been my weakness when it comes to ability groups. I love doing table conferences and one on one conferring. Just pulling up to a table and teaching/reviewing a skill on the spot is simple for me. It's the planned skill groups that I am struggling with.
Hopefully I will get stronger in this area so that it will make a difference in reading scores for FAIR and FCAT but also in their ability to deal with more complex texts.
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