I first saw Notice and Notes Bookmarks in Mrs. C's classroom while I was substituting her 7th Grade Language Arts class. Each student had a bookmark (on the left) to fill out as they read their book report book.
Mrs. C also had these 6 posters around her room (on the right), no doubt a visual from a lesson with her class about Literary Signposts where you Stop, Notice and Note as you read!
While teaching 4th grade, I loved book reports! I was always trying something new. When I saw Mrs. C's bookmarks I didn't think "book report." Instead, I thought they'd be a great tool to check student accountability when they are silent reading during centers. It's hard to monitor if the student is actually reading while you're meeting with groups, etc. This is the perfect assignment for students to do independently and turn in at least one a month for their center grade...requirements adaptable to grade levels of course! This could even take the place of book reports...I'm sure parents wouldn't mind at all :)
If you like this idea, I'd begin at the beginning of the year with a class read aloud. Together we'd practice the procedures and have mini lessons focusing on each literary signpost. You could implement this into every read aloud and then students will be confident and comfortable with this assignment when it's time for them to complete one on their own!
After visiting with Mrs. C about her signposts and bookmarks, she told me that this came from a training she went to recently! This was all new to me and as I Google"d" Notice and Note, I found a lot of resources as well as the source! I look forward to learning more about Notice and Noting and thought I'd share with all my teacher friends out there! Good Luck, and if you try this, let me know how it goes!
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