Six Traits Writing Goals

After working on this for what seems like forever - like all last year!

I'm finally ready to share.

Each child had a folder with too many goals and it become hard to manage for me, but my kids as well.

I am such a fan of Six Traits plus 1 and the impact that it has on writing is clear. 

To focus on a part of writing and give a chid or group the instruction they need is supported by the 7 areas that need to be explicitly taught. 

You can see how each student works, improves and where to go next. 

But I needed to streamline what I was trying to do.

So - here is what I have worked on to improve the process for my students and I while still be very focused on what needs to happen. 

My Writing Conferencing folder - I have all my goals in here ready to go.

I have checklists for each section and an assessment page for each child. 

There are tags for each component that are attached to work and this way I can track goals and assist in setting new ones. 

This pack will support you to have simple goals of brainstorming writing ideas to more complex goals of using figurative language.

By attaching the tags this is a visual reminder. You can go back and check what you need to work on. 

 Here is the link to my work - click here 

In this pack you find the posters, prompts, bookmarks and interactive notebook pages.

Our Goals can be found here

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Happy goal setting

Writing goals

Our Prep Team have decided to use these booklets to record writing goals for our writers.

 

Each booklet stays with their writing folder and is accessible each and every time they write.

 

If we record that they need to have spaces in their writing, then each time they do this we put a sticker or tick on the page.

 

When they have shown that they can do this 5 times - the page is then added to our 'I can' wall for all to see.

Keep your eye out for more photos of our wall as we develop it.

 

I will also post writing samples and goals next week.

 



June Goals @ I(heart)recess..

 

What a great way to set goals and share them and then come back and be accountable at the end of the month. Thanks to Jess @ I(heart)recess here are my goals.

I will revisit this in a month and see if I have reached or exceeded them.

This is a short post - but I am in the middle of reports.

My coaching day

I coach teachers in Mathematics one day a week. About three years ago I worked for Regional Office through National Partnerships to coach teachers to lift their capacity and improve student outcomes. This was a fantastic experience and one I was very fortunate to be able to do.
Currently I coach one day a week. I love this part of my job as I get to discuss Maths with teachers who work outside my current year level. This group of students are setting new challenges around skip counting backward or forward. Their teacher is working on counting strategies that help them to count and remember large numbers. Using tallies in the playground to help count is hands on, real and engaging. I was in awe of the counting they were doing. They set goals, review them and set new challenges each and everyday. Great job