Cullip,+Valerie+Anne

=Valerie's Portfolio=

Vals Speak Rationale

=**Summative Unit Plan - Mystery Genre**=

Mystery Genre Rationale

Daily Lessons

Assessments

=Conference Review= NTCE Conference

= Teacher Research Project =
 * || Points || Possible Points ||
 * Proposal & Rationale || 5 || 5 ||
 * Annotated Journal References || 5 || 5 ||
 * Review of Research || 20 || 20 ||
 * Propose Method of Research || 6 || 10 ||
 * ** Total ** || 36 || 40 ||

I had forgotten (if I knew at all) about your ADHD, because you work so hard to overcome it. You have special insights about the obstacles some students face with reading and writing, and that shows in your observations of Ms. Springs’ classroom. Her combination of standardized and customized assessments show a thoughtful approach to teacher research. You can learn a lot by studying students’ journal writing, but you need careful planning to know what to analyze. You need to specify that students write what you want to see in their writing: e.g. making textual references, relating to personal experience, relating to other texts. Then you can use those categories to study their journals. You’ll also need rubrics to describe each journal trait: e.g. refers extensively, specifically, generally or not at all. If you don’t have clear parameters, studying journals can be confusing and frustrating.