Feedback that Fits

I really enjoyed reading this article and could definitely relate it to my everyday teaching in third grade. Of course my goal is always to give positive feedback, but as I was reading the article I started to think about how many times I simply say, "Good job" as I'm checking on them while they are working. I need to make sure I am more specific and tell them what they are doing right, so they can be more successful in the future. I also thought about how many times per week I hand back a paper with problems marked wrong, with no real explanation for why, praise for the correct answers, or suggestions for how to improve upon the work. I feel that I'm very good at meeting with my students to give feedback about their reading and writing, but I don't follow through with that in the other subject areas as well. Now I have a goal for something else to work on!