Sunday, June 19, 2011
chapter 9
Chapter 9 focuses a lot on social skills and conferencing with students. Students can become active listeners and great speakers through writing. Each student should have oppurtunities to share and show active attention. My favorite time during the writing block is when I set time to conference with students. I did learn that I do not have to meet with every student each day, but meet with them as needed. A conference can last anywhere from 3 to 7 minutes. To make a conference move smoothly a great idea would to create a conference checklist. A checklist will simply list thinkgs to discuss and simple reminders for students. I love this idea. There were times I would forget to remind the students of something. A checklist will keep my writing block more organized. A conference should be constructive and present a lot of praise. Students can also conference with one another. They can give feedback and new ideas to fellow peers. Without the conferencing piece students may never understand what it takes to become better writers.
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I love your idea of a conference checklist. Is it a form you have and check off with the students? Or do the students have one so they know what they need to do, and then they bring it to you when you meet and check it off together? I have had conferences with students before, but mine lasted about a minute, so not much was covered.
ReplyDeleteDo you let children choose who they conference with? Or do you pick a conference partner for them? I think this could be very beneficial in improving writing but I don't know if I would trust students picking their own partners. I loved your idea of a conference checklist as well. This could easily be done.
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