Viewing Students' Progress

Carol Jacobs, a primary special education teacher at Margetts School in Chestnut Ridge, New York

At the beginning of the year, my children brainstorm and write about what they want to learn during the school year. I save the papers and at the end of the year I have them repeat the process by writing about what they actually learned. Then I post both versions on the class bulletin board. The children should see a dramatic improvement in their writing abilities.