Granny, those are good ideas, but I'm wondering, could the SSR
be a reading record or conference sheet for the TEACHER to use
when conferencing with the individual student? Or do you think
this binder is strictly for the student? I think that the
writing section could also have a writing rubric. Guided reading
section could include graphic organizers maybe? These are just
some thoughts from a now retired first grade teacher who used 4
Block for about 10 years. This binder could be an AWESOME tool
for parent conferences!!

On 8/04/09, granny j wrote:
> Hi Chuck, That is an awesome idea thank you :)
> I would put
> Guided Reading and then add any activities the students
> completed for the "book of the week"
> Predicting,
> Connecting,
> vocabulary words,
> details,
> sequence,
> On the Working with words (Word wall section) I would put
> words of the week students write the words and activities
> done with each of them daily,
> SSR is pretty simple have them write simple sentence about
> the book you read or the one they read,
> Writing, use the word wall words and have them do a writing
> activity for the week, (remember writing does not have to be
> actual writing) Write a sentence using most of the words
> students copy sentence, and or write one of their own.
> Journals, you write or draw in yours showing caps,
> punctuation, then they write/draw in theirs in that section.
> this would also be great for showing parents, administrators
> what the students have been doing. You could also put each
> days activities in on Monday and they would be there for the
> next day.
>
> hope that helped some :)
> On 8/03/09, Chuck wrote:
>> I'm absolutely new to four blocks. A colleague mentioned
>> that the teacher before me issued each student a 3-ring
>> binder. The binder had tabs for all the different student
>> activities for 4 blocks...SSR, Writing, Drafts, etc. I'm
>> interested in doing this but I have no idea of the tabs I
>> should use. Can anyone help? The binder acted as a one-stop
>> resource for all student work. Instead of having a number
>> of folders everything was kept in the student's binder.

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