January!

What a busy month! This month I am really trying to get a better handle on all the ancedotal records. I am trying to keep up with the daily notetaking during guided reading, writer's workshop, independent reading, and strategy groups. However, I am feeling a little overwhelmed with all of the notes, and am realizing I can't get to all of these areas in a half day!Any suggestions?!

November Post-Way overdue! OPS!

So I realized that I have not made a post in awhile.
It's really great to see that everyone is getting their blogs up and going.
I am still working on weekly assessments. Now, I am focussing more on my anedotal records and keeping my binder updated. My goal is to work with the students who are not progressing or below grade level with their MAP scores for reading.
I know that we are also supposed to use other data to help. What kind of data are you using? What has been affective for you?

December Blog

So... I am a little late on my December post...that month is just crazy!!! I hope you all had a nice break and are back into the routine. My question if for those readers that continue to struggle. I am currently working with some kids that do not know all of their letter sounds so we are working on sounds and blending. I feel like I have been working with them both in intervention and within the classroom on this skill. Do you start to move on and switch up the skills and startegies with your struggling readers or do you continue to work on these skills until mastery and then move on. There is so much to cover with these students, but I don't want to bore them either with the same skill focus.