V. Roper

These questions will get students thinking about important events and ideas in the novel Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. There are a total of fifty questions (five for each chapter) at a variety of levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Enjoy!

I use this when I meet with individual students during writing class. The student fills out the top section before coming to the conference. I fill out the bottom section during the conference. Then the student creates a plan to improve his/her writing based on my feedback. This can also be used for peer feedback. I often base my feedback on mini-lessons and the rubric that I had out to student on the first day of instruction.

I use this rubric is used to grade personal narratives. Students are asked to write about a challenge they have faced in their life and steps they took to overcome it. All descriptors in the rubric focus on the quality of the writing. I give this to students on the first day of the lesson cycle and they use it to guide their learning. Each row guides a mini-lesson during writer's workshop. I also use it to guide feedback that I give during teacher/student writing conferences.

This can be used with any chapter in any novel. Students summarize, record new words, ask questions, select an important quote and make connections to the theme or lesson in the novel. Students complete this form as seatwork and bring with them to guide literature circle/book club discussions. I have also created an Active Reader's Thinking Guide that students use as a resource when filling out the active readers template. It explains the expectations for each section of the template. This can b

Students use this to record homework for the entire week. There is a section for parent signature and notes.