Sunday, March 3, 2013

Holy Moly!

For our latest Unit assessment in Literacy we dictated a sentence and had the kids write it down on their paper. We were looking for
  • capital letters where appropriate,
  • spacing,
  • punctuation
(all the things we have naturally been practicing in our interactive writing lessons).

WELL! I just finished grading both of my classes assessments. The morning class is the class I am unable to teach interactive writing lessons to. The percentage of students who correctly did the things listed above was 47%. I then took my afternoon class and calculated the percentage that could write a correct sentence and 84% did it correctly!!! One of the students who did not get it correct missed her capitals and punctuation- she is also the student who missed 2 weeks due to the flu. I could not be happier with the results I am getting.

I have had several people (adminstration included) complimenting my class on their writing. My question is....how can I decide if it is due to interactive writing???
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  1. Ms. HylenMarch 3, 2013 at 5:53 PM

    WOW! That is AWESOME data! Naturally my kiddos have been working on the same things- capitalization, punctuation, and spacing. I think my class would probably score closer to your morning class.

    Is the only difference between the two classes that one gets interactive writing and the other doesnt? Or are they grouped based on academics- a high class and a low class?

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  2. Sarah KautzmannMarch 5, 2013 at 8:05 AM

    Congratulations on your results! Your pictures and data have been looking fabulous. I agree with Kate's questions as far as trying to figure out what the different factors are to your instruction. How does your writing instruction differ in the morning class compared to the afternoon class? Is your delivery different? Do you use the same activities with both classes?

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