Rhonda White - Post #1
Okeefe The Habit of Kidwatching shares how important it is to get to know each student as a unique individual. It’s “learning to see what’s there”. Using a clipboard is an effective tool to quickly jot notes as I scan my classroom of students. Secondly, coaching requires a 5 minute conference with each individual in which I can listen to each student read, chat, and for me to give advice. This is our “time” together. Most importantly, kidwatching should be a daily habit that requires commitment, risk taking, and valuing each child as a unique individual.
Okeefe The Habit of Kidwatching shares how important it is to get to know each student as a unique individual. It’s “learning to see what’s there”. Using a clipboard is an effective tool to quickly jot notes as I scan my classroom of students. Secondly, coaching requires a 5 minute conference with each individual in which I can listen to each student read, chat, and for me to give advice. This is our “time” together. Most importantly, kidwatching should be a daily habit that requires commitment, risk taking, and valuing each child as a unique individual.
I agree that kidwatching is so important as a part of what we do every day.The Seravallo engagement inventory is something that helps to monitor student engagement especially during independent reading time. When we make that time to conference with a child, they know it is important. That time with them flies by too quickly sometimes but it is so important to truly get to know our students and guide them as readers. That is reading instruction at its best.
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