In the kitchen, one window was cloudy and never looked
clean. The other windows around it looked fine, so I replaced the cloudy one.
When the project was done, I stood back and admired my work.
The new window is clear and beautiful. All the other windows now look a little
occluded. The new window is the new standard. (Well, durn.)
It made me think of working with kids. Sometimes I have a
student and it is obvious what he is ready to learn next. I also have had students
read so well that I’m not sure what to do with them.
This is why I like having the Continuum. I don’t compare one
student to another and make decisions based on the comparison. I notice what
each student understands and can do. I use the Continuum of Literacy Learning
to see what is appropriate for each student to learn next. It turns out,
everybody has something to learn to help them be a little more strategic as a
reader and a writer.
Everything is just a little bit clearer.
The reading benchmarking window is open. Check out this postfrom last spring about making benchmarking a little more manageable.
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