Redirections & Work Samples

One of the reasons I began starting this research is because last year I can remember myself redirecting students constantly when I was with a small group. Therefore, for my research, I have been tallying redirections made for the two weeks of The Daily Five and the first eight days of Literature Circles. The average number of redirections in 40 minutes during The Daily Five was five. Now, with Literature Circles, with eight days of data, the average number of redirections has moved up to six in 40 minutes. With The Daily Five, the most redirections I had in a 40 minute small group time was five. With Literature Circles, I have had a day with eight redirections in 40 minutes. I feel like I am spending a lot of time redirecting them. I am attaching a photo of my chart for a visual.

As far as student work is concerned, I am seeing that they are not close to finishing their work. It is often hard for me to get a sample of work that is complete. Today, their job was to read a chapter in their book and then write connections they have with the story. I am attaching a photo of C's work because I showed his work last time. When comparing his work from the last photo I took, I noticed this time it is messier and the paper is crumpled, as if he did not care about his work. There is also no punctuation and there are spelling mistakes that he could have fixed if he had looked carefully in the book. From looking at student's work, I am making the observation that their work is not as quality with the Literature Circles.

I plan to interview the students tomorrow to find out how the feel about Literature Circles in comparison to The Daily Five. Check back for that tomorrow!