[zeta apple]

For all of you who do RW, where does your reading grades come from? I am planning to read RW books over the summer and am very excited about it. But, if parents are looking for something returned and graded, what are you grading? Does that make any sense?

[phatpat]

I have the same question. I am planning on starting guided reading and reading workshop and moving away from the basal but am worried about getting the grades for parents and report cards. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[5thGrdTeachTN]

My district requires the use of Open Court Reading, but during the independent work time that is prescribed through OCR my school implements RW. Our reading grade is a 50/50 compilation of the grades in both areas. My RW grades are comprised of the following:

*Nightly Reading Responses (2 points each if expectations were met, 3 points if they were exceeded and 1 point if the response did not meet expectations)
*Book Projects (25-50 points each graded by a rubric)
*Classwork-may be a response, chart, graphic organizer, etc. (5-10
points each)
*Literature Circle Packet/test (usually only in the 3rd and/or 4h marking
period 50-100 points)

Between these things I usually have about 200-300 points to work with and added to the other reading grade works pretty well.

[zeta apple]

Thanks 5th gradeTeachTN for responding. Would you be willing to share a rubric on this message board?

[5thGrdTeachTN]

I would be happy to, but they are on my school computer. If I get to school in the next few weeks I will try to post.