11/22/10 I am out of work this week due to eye surgery. I will have to wait until after Thanksgiving to check in with my Read Naturally kids and in talking to my advanced reading group about their motivation and desire to stay in this group. I am thinking about a parent volunteer to help in the room. I am also thinking about doing some of the Read Naturally checks during their Spanish time. The teacher is 100% supportive for me to send a few students five minutes late to class. Other than recess time, that ‘s my best chance to see them for this. Again, I see that I need to become proficient at setting a workable schedule and sticking to it. Spending time fine-tuning my schedule may be the most significant thing I do right now.
11/18/10 I had 2 advanced readers who did not do their assigned reading last night, and that held up their group today. I will need to talk to them about their responsibilities. The advanced group students have to be self motivated and self disciplined. If they are not, they may get moved back down.
11/18/10 One coworker questioned me at grade level meeting as to if I really had that many advanced readers. I know it’s because our district didn’t order enough books, and so 2 teachers are short student books. I gave my reasons and feel good about my judgment. If the students don’t do well on the advanced unit test, I will move them back to grade level text after this unit. If students get moved back down even with fluency of reading and good comprehension, maybe it’s the independent piece that they are not ready for.
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