Flip the Feedback — Stop and Jot
Part 3: How To — incorporate more writing in Close Reading and Read Aloud Lessons
My principal recently observed me and said that I should push my 1st graders to write even more, especially during close reading and read aloud lessons. She said that I should introduce the students to “stop and jots” in addition to calling on students to share their answers.
At first, I was like, how is this (stopping and jotting) going to look for my students who are emerging writers and not yet proficient with encoding?
Then I remembered that earlier this fall I stumbled upon an exit ticket template on Teachers Pay Teachers created by The Resourceful Teacher (this is not an affiliated share). I love these particular templates because you can insert your own handwritten questions onto the form.
My ELA class recently began our astronomy unit and I used two different templates (included in The Resourceful Teacher kit) to allow them to answer with a written response and diagram pertaining to the vocabulary words massive and rotate.
Check out the students’ writing.
