1. Reflection Letter Introduction-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

2. 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

3. Body:
Describe each writing piece contained in the exit portfolio
Explain 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?