Anecdotal Notes

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Anecdotal notes are used to record and track individual student behaviors, skills, and progress as they relate to a unit of study. If you're like me, you've tried just about every way possible to keep anecdotal records and then give up halfway through the year because it's just too hard to keep track of every single intervention you do with every single student every day.

This summer I thought long and hard about how I could develop a simple, efficient record that could be easily modified each week to suit my needs for a variety of subjects. I came up with three forms to help me keep records. 

I use this form daily to help me keep track of which students I've worked with through the week. I simply write their name and sometimes a brief note then check if they've demonstrated mastery, dash if they are progressing, and X if they are struggling or displaying emergent progress.

I use the next form after I've given an assessment. I list students who score a 90%+ under Mastered. Students who score 70-89% are listed under Progressing. Finally, students who score 60-69% get additional skills practice. Students who score 59% and below get additional concept instruction in small group or one on one as well as additional skills practice. At the bottom of the page I list Follow-up and Enrichment activities for each group. This helps me lay out a plan to help all students achieve mastery. I particularly like pushing myself to plan enrichment activities. It's so easy to forget about meeting the needs of the high-performing students because we get so mired down in pulling our strugglers up. 

I use this form to plan and track interventions after I've given an assessment. The "key" at the bottom of the page is blank so I can create my own intervention codes for each subject. This form is so helpful in tracking MTSS/RTI tiered interventions. 

Each week I print these forms off for ELA (reading & writing) and Math then put them on clipboards to tote around the classroom with me as I push into collaborative groups and individual practice. At the end of the week, I transfer these forms into a binder or use them to plan the following weeks interventions. 

There is a bonus reading level and fluency tracking form included. We use Reading A-Z and it was created to track reading levels and words read correctly per minute but you can use it for any program!

This has been, far and away, the best system I've ever implemented for keeping anecdotal notes. It's simple, efficient, and effective. Give it a try FOR FREE today! Click here to visit my TPT shop and download your free copy!