This is not something I use personally. I’ve had 3 teachers ask me for “reading maps” out of maybe 30 teachers I’ve worked with. A higher number than that simply make their own reading maps that I see the students using. Personally, I have not given it much thought on how to use these, but I made them nonetheless. If you need something to track participation progress then feel free to use one of the reading maps I’ve made.
The only time I’ve used these was during activities in lieu of a scoreboard to track points. I printed a large version and hung it on the chalkboard. Each group had a numbered magnet game piece. As the groups completed problems in the activity they rolled large 20-sided dice and move their magnets around the map. Was fun. Haven’t bothered to do it since, but it was a nice simple and clean way to keep track of points.
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