Sunday, November 19, 2017
Jess-A Fall Full of Reading Units of Study (UoS)
Since I am not teaching reading this year, I don't have a share for reading, but I do for writing b/c I am teaching the LC writer's workshop. Since I am teaching only writing, I have about a 55 minute block, which means once I have taught my mini-lesson I have about 45 minutes left for the students to write. This is by far more time than I have ever had before. Some of my students are writing for this whole time and doing well, others are having a great deal of difficulty sustaining for even half that time. However, this gives me plenty of time to float around and confer with them. What I have seen working well is that at least in this second unit, the reading and the writing align, in that the students are reading and writing non-fiction. I am hoping that in the future, when I am teaching both, that I can better connect them. The other thing that we really have down, is they now know the routine, and the ones that are invested in writing do the routine well, the ones that don't are the wanderers, trying to continuously move away from their writing. I am working on how to get them to stick to it.
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Jess,
ReplyDeleteIt is so wonderful to hear that you have students who enjoy sitting and writing for 45 minutes. It gives me hope for the work I will be able to produce with that group in a couple of years. I too struggle with getting some students to stick to their writing or reading. One of the sure things I have got to work is giving them a lot of my attention so they can't wander. I will invite certain students to sit near me during reading or writing just to make sure they know that I am watching them and there to help at a moments notice.