Castagnozzi_Journal+09-5

Maria Castagnozzi Journal #5 A week ago when I went into my class I noticed my teacher doing an activity with the class that they tend to work on every afternoon. During writing center time, the students each get a piece of paper, half a box you can draw in and the rest are lines you can write on. Each student gets their own piece of paper and first draws a picture in the box provided. They use their imagination and come up with something that they want to write about. After they illustrate a picture they then write at least 5 sentences about their drawing. Some students write about video-games, some write about their friends, some write about their pets, its totally up to them as long as its school appropriate. When this paper is complete they put it in their red writing folder. The teacher collects these every night and brings them home to correct. She then circles the words that are misspelled so that the next day the students can go back and fix the mistakes they had. I feel as though this is an anecdotal record assessment because it’s a daily thing that they do. Everyday a student draws a picture and writes about it and the teacher takes it home to correct. This assignment doesn’t get graded but it just helps students get their creative mine thinking. Also it helps the teacher see where the students are at. It tells my teacher if they are getting story structure correct, how they are doing on explaining, and of course their spelling and writing skills. I think this is a great activity because it gives the students the experience to wrirte about anything that interests them. It fun for the students to color in and illustrate a picture and then to tell us what is going on in the story. When the teacher collects the papers every night it gives her a consistent understanding of where the students are and if they are improving a little bit once in a while, a lot everyday, or if they are stuck at one specific place. I recommend this activity to future teachers because I can tell both my teacher and students enjoy this activity.