Reflection LetterIntroduction-1st paragraph: How do you feel when you write and

read?What are your strengths as a writer and

reader?What are your weaknesses as a writer

and reader?Do you use reading strategies?• Prediction• Asking Questions• Inferring• Making Connections• Visualizing• Synthesizing (Summarizing)• Reread

Do you use writing strategies?• Planning• Drafting• Revising• Editing• Publishing• Providing evidence• Elaborating• Giving details• Have introduction/topic

sentences• Use transitions

• Reading:• Confuses words and letters• Often loses place when

reading, requires finger tracking

• Difficulty when silent reading, needs to mouth words or whisper when reading

• Doesn't enjoy reading• Reluctant Reader• Reading is slow and deliberate• Lots of word substitutions,

omissions and invented words• Cannot skim or scan for

pertinent information

• Writing:• Written ideas follow a logical sequence• Ideas are clearly written and expressed• Rarely enjoys writing and responds

negatively to written activities• Written work is rarely legible• Experiences difficulty when copying

instructions from the board, orally or chart paper

• Rarely completes written assignments• Written work is poorly organized and

difficult to follow• Punctuation and grammar is weak and

often missing• Written ideas lack cohesion• Written work is often difficult to

understand• Spelling is weak• Letters and/or words are often reversed

• Body:Describe each writing piece

contained in the exit portfolioExplain why you are incorporating

each piece. Why are you proud of each piece of writing?

• Conclusion-How did you improve as a

writer/reader over the year?How do you still need to improve as

a writer/reader?What grade do you think you

deserve for the final portfolio? Why?