How to Assess Small Group Conversation
About Text
Sarah Picard
Giving grades for small group guided reading or book clubs
can be difficult, and often our district report cards require
a letter or numerical grade. I struggled to find ways in which
I could develop assessment tools for the rich conversations
that were happening in our fifth grade reading workshop. This
checklist is a tool we are using to help assess our readers.
Each of the items on the checklist was taught and is reinforced
throughout the school year.
Daily Participation Requirements for
Book Club Meetings
Name: _________________________ Date: ________________________
2 points are given for each item you do during a book club
meeting.
___ Good readers come prepared to the meeting with the club
text, reading response notebook, and pencil.
___ Good readers come prepared and ready for conversation about
the text. This means that you have read the assigned text and
your response is written completely in your notebook.
___ Good readers look at other members of the book club when
they are in conversation. This also means that you need to participate
in book club conversation at least twice each day.
___ Good readers point out evidence in the text to back up
their comments when they are in conversation with other book
club members.
___ Good readers try new reading strategies. This means that
you are trying the reading strategies taught in the previous minilessons on shared reading. |