One of the bread and butter moves we use in Read and Discuss is the choral reading part. I understand from Jody and others that choral reading is a big player in a reading class.
I understand that when we merely read a text to a kid, it is a lot less effective than when we read chorally and the kids are forced to translate with us aloud. Right? (somebody confirm that for me.)
Now, how do we evaluate our kids in stories? By what we see. It is a visual evaluation using jGR of what we see the kids doing, and especially what we see in their eyes.
But what about Read and Discuss, for both novels and readings based on stories? Well, what I do is walk up and down the isles of the classroom and listen. If I hear the kid’s voice, I have confirmation that they are involved. I listen.
Thus, for those who might want to consider this, we can say that we evaluate using jGR in stories visually, and we evaluate using jGR in readings in an auditory way.