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Tracking students' work at
Centres is very important and perhaps the greatest
struggle a teacher can have when using centres. I
have come up with an easy tracking system that
works. It requires minimal preparation and
maintenance, yet tracks students work and also
serves as a record of who has and has not
completed their work on time.
Once activites are assigned
for the specific centres, a tracking sheet is
placed at the centre. The tracking sheet is a class
list on which students place a check mark or an
intial of a day of the week beside their name when
they have completed the centre. The name of the
subject and centre are at the top of the tracking
sheet and the sheets are glued onto construction
paper which is colour coded by subject (yellow for
writing; black for math; blue for reading; green
for science; yellow for art; purple for social
studies; orange for drama; pink for listening).
This allows me to see at a glance who has and has
not completed each centre. Once the week or time
period given to finish the centre is over, I
highlight (with a yellow marker) the names of
students who did not complete the centre. I also
have a space next to each child's name in which I
can record specific comments about their work.
Students are given an opportunity to finish the
centre the following week and I write a note in
their Communication Book to parents to inform them
that their child has incomplete work and must work
at a faster pace in order to keep up with the work
I assign. I am also able to use the tracking sheets
for reference during parent/teacher interviews.
Students also have their own
individual tracking sheets on which they record the
activites they do each day. When a sheet is full, I
glue it into their Communication Book for parents
to look at and sign. It serves as a springboard for
parents and children to discuss what the children
have been doing at school.
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