Chapter 4 - Reading Conferences: Creating A Context For Assessment
As i finished Chapter 4 about conferences, I find this is one of the areas I need to develop to make it beneficial for both the student and myself.
I've implemented the reading and writing workshops and work with the class on choosing the "just right book" (as much as I have available). The students have truly gotten into the routine of independent reading, building up their reading stamina but where it is lacking, is when they have to read independently.
I would like to see myself holding more conferences as described in the article and devise a way for students to understand what they actually need to practice. I like the idea of the conferencing notebook and I usually do real good with this at the beginning of the school year but after a while I tend to not keep good conferencing notes. This is the area that I could really use some coaching. I think this would work for Kindergarten but a lot of the students are not in-tune to ask for help and things like that. I do get requests from students to read their select book to me. So, I believe with a little help and more practices myself this is a task that I can accomplish.
Coaching on keeping a conferencing notebook sounds like a helpful goal!
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