Rubrics - Teaching Rubric for Readers’ Workshop
Here is a tool to help assess progress in teaching Readers’ Workshop:
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Meets Standard |
Exceeds Standard |
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Rituals and Routines |
-Teacher establishes meeting place for mini-lessons and share time - Classroom library is organized and accessible - Teacher signals students for transitions - Teacher states/posts learning objective daily |
- Students aware of all rituals and routines, requires little to no teacher prompting - Students easily transition into multiple formations for discussion (pairs, groups, etc.) - Students incorporate learning objective into independent work daily - Students effectively manage library and other resources |
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Mini-Lessons |
-Teacher follows curriculum lessons and learning expectations - Teacher models his/her thinking - Teacher creates rubrics and charts and displays in classroom - Students sit next to a partner each day and practice “think-pair-share” - Teacher explains link between mini-lesson and independent reading |
- All students are engaged in discussion during mini-lesson - Students use “accountable talk” - Students use classroom rubrics and charts to guide them in independent work |
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Conferencing |
- Teacher confers with 4-5 students per day - Teacher takes notes during conferences in assessment notebooks - Teacher creates individual reading goals and monitors progress |
- Students lead conferences based on their own self-assessed needs - Teacher acts as facilitator in students’ learning - Students always come to a conference prepared |
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Independent Reading |
- Teacher ensures each student has book box with “just right” books, an assessment notebook and a reading response journal - Teacher ensures that all students are reading quietly - Students understand learning objective and how it could be applied to independent work |
- All students engrossed during entire reading period with appropriately books - Teacher consistently sets appropriate and challenging goals - Teacher constantly monitors and reinforces students’ learning |
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Assessment and Data Analysis |
- Teacher administers and submits all district and school required assessments on time - Teacher uses results of formal and informal assessment to plan further instruction and to ensure students are reading appropriate texts - Teacher takes informal assessment notes during conferences |
- Teacher uses assessment information to plan for daily small groups - Students monitor their own reading progress - Teacher uses response journals as an assessment tool and challenges students in higher-level thinking |