This is a Wordle, created on www.wordle.net, which shows the opinions of my students when asked about how they felt about having choices in Reading Workshop this year in 4th grade. The words "Reading" and "Choices" are words that I typed in to emphasize what this illustrations was referring to. The other words shown are the words the students used to describe Reading Workshop. With this program, the bigger the word the more often it was used by the students. The big words that stand out are "awesome", "fun", and "exciting" which are three positive descriptions from the students about their opinions of providing choice in the classroom. There were a few "negative" words used, such as "dislike" but those words are small, indicating that very few share that opinion. I am not sure how well you can read all of the words in this image, but if you click on it I believe it will take you to a larger image on the Wordle site. This Wordle is a different way to show some of the data I have gathered from the students directly, and I think continues to support that idea that student choice in the classroom is a positive thing!
