Student Agency Book Standards

Students worked in cooperative groups to create book standards that they felt were important to them and their learning. The standards are to ensure their record of learning is at the expected level or above. Here is what the students came up with and agreed to:

Literacy Books:

·         Write neatly, with even spaces, so it can be read

·         Write on the lines

·         No scribbling or doodling

·         Write on every second line (only in draft book)

·         Use a ruler to rule off at the end

·         Use a ruler to rule through mistakes

·         Start at the margin

·         Write with a blue pen, correct with a red pen

·         Write the full date or the dot date (depending on the piece of work)

 Maths Books:

·         One character per square

·         Put the question number to the left of the margin

·         Use a ruler for lines and to rule off

·         Use a pencil to record and rub out mistakes

·         Red pen for marking

·         Write neatly so it can be read

·         Start at the margin under the last ruled line

·         Write the dot date followed by the WALT