Guided Reading

Today, we talked about Guided Reading. I had fun sorting through the different letters we had at our table. I looked through Q, which is about 4th grade and was surprised how hard the books seemed to be. I'm not going to argue though. I love the aspect of guided reading. Everything about it. We learn in every class how every child is different and how we have to differentiate our lessons. Guided Reading is a perfect example of how teachers go about doing that. Not only do students develop strategies for reading and get one-on-one attention; they develop confidence in themselves and develop peer relationships with many of their other classmates.

On a different note, I wanted to say something about the day when we were editing our basals. I think someone said something about it is hard editing someone elses writing because of their style. BUT, the people who will read our writing aren't going to know us personally. Of course, different authors have their own voice in their writing but that doesn't mean their paper is incorrect. Just because someone has a different style of writing than you do doesn't mean they can write incorrectly. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense, but it does to me :). haha.

Also, I LOVE correcting in red pen. So much, my mom gave me one of hers! haha. I don't know why. I think because I love color and red really POPS!

I'm in a good mood today for some reason! Even though I need to study for our Math test still! :).