Sharing Work
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
As a class, you all give feedback on someone's work.This can be organised by scanning the writing and sharing it on the IWB or photocopying it so children have a copy to look at. Once everyone can see it, you all mark it together, identifying the good points and what could make it even better. This can be the ‘three stars and a wish’ that seems to be so popular in English primary schools, or you can respond to the writing itself (there might be lots more than three stars, and possibly a couple of different wishes!)
For this to work, you’ve got to set your classroom up as a place where written work is seen as work in progress, where everything can be improved and developed and where when someone points out what can improved about your writing, they’re doing it to help make it better, not being unkind. This ethos doesn’t appear by magic, it takes time to develop and grow and you’ll probably find yourself teaching children how to give feedback to each other in a tactful way! If you can persevere with it, not only will your class be able to give and receive constructive criticism (a true life skill), but they will become better and better at writing. Not a bad thing.
The trick to making it work is constantly getting children to think about whether the suggestions that are being made about this piece of work also apply to their work. Again, this takes time but is worth persevering with as once it is ingrained it can be magical.
First Impressions
One-to-One Feedback
Peer Assessment
Written Feedback
As a class, you all give feedback on someone's work.This can be organised by scanning the writing and sharing it on the IWB or photocopying it so children have a copy to look at. Once everyone can see it, you all mark it together, identifying the good points and what could make it even better. This can be the ‘three stars and a wish’ that seems to be so popular in English primary schools, or you can respond to the writing itself (there might be lots more than three stars, and possibly a couple of different wishes!)
For this to work, you’ve got to set your classroom up as a place where written work is seen as work in progress, where everything can be improved and developed and where when someone points out what can improved about your writing, they’re doing it to help make it better, not being unkind. This ethos doesn’t appear by magic, it takes time to develop and grow and you’ll probably find yourself teaching children how to give feedback to each other in a tactful way! If you can persevere with it, not only will your class be able to give and receive constructive criticism (a true life skill), but they will become better and better at writing. Not a bad thing.
The trick to making it work is constantly getting children to think about whether the suggestions that are being made about this piece of work also apply to their work. Again, this takes time but is worth persevering with as once it is ingrained it can be magical.
First Impressions
One-to-One Feedback
Peer Assessment
Written Feedback
