We know from experience that making a goal visible helps us stay motivated to achieve it. Here is a way to see engagement grow.

Exit tickets provide a way to progress monitor and inform instruction.

Download a set of printable tools designed to help students actively track their behavior and progress toward specific goals.

Help students take ownership of their learning and behavior. Download and take a look at examples.

Many students love to have a goal of how many books they will read in a year. If they choose this goal, print out one of these trackers to help them! 

When teaching this strategy, use the Ready Reference Guide and review required standards to see the depth of instruction needed. What do students need to be able to do? Then, use the instruction protocol along with a chosen book to teach the strategy in the desired setting. Download a model lesson to get you started below. 

Download these checkmarks to support your students with the comprehension strategy Check for Understanding.

Here is the reading conferring sheet for use with the paper/pen conferring notebook. 

See how we track growth.

We use Touch Points to monitor two important things: student learning and the effectiveness of our instruction.

Students often know their own strengths, but when they are unsure, our conferring notes help us zero in on their targets. 

These two forms will help keep accountability for strategy use in between conferences high.

Regie Routman once told us that when we assess a stuent we need to share the results with them, as they own the results.

Teach students how to interpret and act on feedback, and you will empower them to take ownership of their progress, build resilience, and see challenges as opportunities to grow.