Messy Learning

This document will easily help you monitor your students' progress and stay organized during Math Centers. It includes 6 pages of trackers wherein 3 pages can also be used in your student's Math Data Binders. The topics covered are: Daily Strategy Group Notes, Intervention Group, Assessment Scores, Vocabulary, Pre and Post Test Scores and Fact Fluency Scores, and finally math topics to revisit.

I regularly check in on my student's reading. I check their home reading logs every morning, I informally ask questions during daily five and, once a month, I do a comprehension conference with them. I use my Comprehension Conference worksheet during such conferences. I ask summarizing, predicting, visualizing, connecting and vocabulary questions. The conferences take place the second last week of the month because students must submit a monthly book report. It gives me an idea if they are ready

Here's the template I use for the left-side of my Interactive Math Journals. The left-side is used to outline the learning goal, pre and post knowledge, and a self-reflection. Students must follow this format for each and every journal entry. I suggest laminating one copy to keep posted in your class in case a student looses their copy (which should be glued to the inside cover of their journal).

Organize your language arts thematic units using my thematic mind map. Use this mind map to also "flesh out" a unit and keep yourself on track.