The chart—and the back and forth between it and students’ journals—became a bit hard to manage. What I did was put all these goals, and some others, on a journal cover and it works much better. See this post:
May 2, 2022·edited May 2, 2022Liked by Randee Bergen
I love this idea even more. I think I will pilot it for the rest of this year so I can get in the groove. I also noticed you don't use paper with the dotted line in the middle. Is there a particular reason why?
1) The more lines on the paper, the more for kids to deal with visually. 2) Often, the lines are darker and more prominent than the child’s actual writing. 3) Dotted middle lines are there to help with letter height but kindergartners can do talls, shorts, and hang downs with just the bottom line. Of course, the teacher has to always be mentioning it. 4) Paper with a dotted middle line is used in first grade and not really after that. Notebook paper and composition books start typically start in second grade. Why not skip the dotted middle line paper altogether? In my opinion, most kids don’t ever need to use it, but especially not in kindergarten.
What a great idea to put this on a chart with the goals on the side. I love it. I will definitely be doing this next year!
The chart—and the back and forth between it and students’ journals—became a bit hard to manage. What I did was put all these goals, and some others, on a journal cover and it works much better. See this post:
https://busybeekindergarten.substack.com/p/goal-checklist-journal-cover?r=dzflv&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
I love this idea even more. I think I will pilot it for the rest of this year so I can get in the groove. I also noticed you don't use paper with the dotted line in the middle. Is there a particular reason why?
Yes, several reasons.
1) The more lines on the paper, the more for kids to deal with visually. 2) Often, the lines are darker and more prominent than the child’s actual writing. 3) Dotted middle lines are there to help with letter height but kindergartners can do talls, shorts, and hang downs with just the bottom line. Of course, the teacher has to always be mentioning it. 4) Paper with a dotted middle line is used in first grade and not really after that. Notebook paper and composition books start typically start in second grade. Why not skip the dotted middle line paper altogether? In my opinion, most kids don’t ever need to use it, but especially not in kindergarten.