Hooray! 2 of the remaining 3 students in my study are really excited about the RRJs! Everyday they come up to me during reading group, both Blue and Green come up and ask if they can go ahead and write in their RRJ. Fridays are normally assessment days, therefore no reading groups/ instruction.
2/22/13:
Green and Blue: Can we have our journals to write in?
Me: We do not have reading groups today so I will give you a free pass. We will write in them again on Monday.
Green and Blue: NOOOO!!! We want to write in them now!
Me: Okay, great!
I am beginning to notice the excitement/ motivation that these students have towards the journals. They also like to go to the center of the complex and write to get away from some of the classroom noice (which I do not blame them at all).
Yesterday (2/26/13) Blue and Green were working on their RRJs for an excessive amount of time (20 minutes). I went to get them from the center and told them they needed to be concentrating and writing rather than talking because it should not take them this long to do an entry. They were so excited to tell me they wanted to do an extra response because they liked the book they were reading so much.
Yellow, on the other hand, does the work and gets done quickly. He does not show any emotion (positive or negative) toward the RRJ writing.
That is such a sense of satisfaction! You should be so proud! You were able to foster that with those students! Stay positive, remember that if you have reached one it was worth it! Maybe it will just take some more time for yellow to show emotion towards the RRJ. Or, could it be that this student doesn't feel challenged enough? Just throwing that out there, I may be way off. It is nice to hear that someone has positive things to report with their study. I do not feel the same way with my study. Keep on keeping on! =)
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! Way to go Blue and Green! Haha! How exciting it is to know you are having a positive impact on these students and their love for writing about their reading! SO wonderful! I agree- you should be proud! Hopefully yellow will come around. What book has yellow been reading? Is it one of high interest to him/her? If so, then they will more than likely take off even more with their RRJ. Keep up the great work too!
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