Reading conferences with students

After attending a PD workshop last week on balanced literacy, I was inspired! I was particularly motivated by a session about conferring with readers (and writers). It was based on this book, which – by the way – is easy to read and fabulous! After attending the session, I realized I needed to get organized ... Read More about A Peek Inside My Conferring Binder

FREE Independent reading conferences form! Individual reading conferences can be fun, provide support for students, and help you develop deeper thinking in students about the text. Document student progress, check in on target skills and decide what lesson plan steps are next!

Hi Friends! I am beyond excited to be blogging today. I enjoy blogging, but it is H.A.R.D. to do during the school year. I have been using my new tracking system for the last two-three weeks (adjusting and adding ideas) and I have what I think is the best for my class data tracking goals. If you would like to see more guided reading ideas, follow my guided reading pinterest board by clicking the picture below You can also click on the picture below to see my Writing Pinterest Boards Let me…

Easy to implement tips to be organized for reading workshop reading conferences. How to be organized for reading conferences will help you make the most of the time you have while working one on one with students.

This is an article with information on teaching reading strategies to primary students. Goal setting, reading strategy groups, guided reading, and more ideas and activities! FREE reading strategy bookmarks to use during individual conferences. #smallgroups #literacy #strategygroups

Don't let your readers get lost in the data. Tips for how to spend just three minutes conferencing with your students to learn what they're doing as readers.

Free parent-teacher conference forms to help guide your conversation and make sure you share everything you want and need to with parents.

It's the middle of your writing block and you sidle up to a student to have a writing conference. And it goes great. You feel like you made a difference with that kid. You feel like you accomplished something. But then you start doing the math... "Let's see, I just spent 8 minutes with this student, so at this rate it'll only take me... hmmm... 9,000 years to meet with everyone." It quickly gets overwhelming and you may start wondering, why even bother? Holding one-to-one writing conferences…

Tweet We are 7 weeks into the school year and gearing up for parent teacher conferences later this week. In our school, we try to schedule all conferences on a Thursday evening or Friday morning. This way if multiple folks need to be involved in the conference, we are all in the building at the same time. The evening hours also work much better for parents. As the math specialist I get invited to attend the difficult conferences. If a student is behind or in some cases very ahead of their…

Do you want to have meaningful reading conferences with students? Learn how to make the most of your conferences with these tips, ideas, and resources. Click the pin to read all the details! #readingconferences #organizedteacher #guidedreading #readersworkshop