What Do I Do When They Finish a Book?

Meaningful After-Reading Activities That Help Kids Showcase Real Reading Skills

“It’s great that kids do all this reading and that teachers do all this conferencing, but when do I get something to grade?”

I get this question, or a variation of it, all the time. It probably comes from that part of us that says kids aren’t really working unless they have work to turn in. Another part simply reflects the reality that standards-based teaching is driven by the need for assessable products.