If I see independent evidence of goal achievement in the child’s current writing and not from my reminder and subsequent erasing, I stamp their writing piece exactly where I see the evidence. If not, they will quickly grab an eraser to rectify the forgotten goal! When looking at writing goals, it is understandable you may feel overwhelmed, even intimidated. Only you can make each writing goal specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based.
Another article will be written on general writing goal banks.
This specific reference is to help teachers with students who have high levels of communication and can at least form letters and words. At least not yet Because It is your job as the writer to make them SMART. Writing goals can really fall under a large spectrum of needs, abilities, and types of goals. The children are usually very keen to bring my attention to the evidence in their writing where a goal has been demonstrated. The other writing goals listed below are not SMART. I often begin the conference by asking the child what their writing goal is and if they have remembered to use it in their writing that day. During the short individual conference, we revise the personal writing goal and look for evidence that the goal is being demonstrated. While the class is writing, I take the opportunity to conference with individuals about their writing. This gives a purpose to their writing time and increases the likelihood of their goals being demonstrated and achieved.
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How to Monitor Student’s Personalised Writing GoalsĪt the beginning of our daily Quiet Writing Time, I remind all the children to check their writing goal before they start to write.