5th/6th grade Teacher
By: Kelly Bratt
In my quest for making assessment more meaningful to my students, I decided that I needed to investigate how they assess themselves in their writing. If I wanted to create a culture in my classroom that assessment is not something that is done “to” them, then I decided I better get a…
A journey into writing assessment.
If you’re a writing teacher like me, I’m sure you have spent hours pouring over…
2nd grade:
Sitting at my desk, I wait for the paper, filled with math facts, to get handed to me — -facts that I need to solve as FAST as I can…or else. Or else, everyone will know…
When your best intentions and all your carefully researched plans fail…you cry, you get cranky, you go home exhausted…