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Conferring With Readers Part 3
Today we saw conferring in action. We went into the grade one and two classes to observe. The Teacher Assistants came back with great things to say!What we noticed…We value Reading! During Reader’s workshop, ALL of the students are reading independently and know their roles as readers.Conferring is sacred! Students know not to interrupt a teacher when they are having that special conferring time.Taking notes is important. Every teacher was gathering data, tracking her assessment, and recording her teaching, either electronically or with pen and paper.What we saw…Compliments-Teachers gave specific feedback through the use of a compliment.Teaching Points-Teachers thought about what the individual student needed at that time, not necessarily what the mini lesson teaching point was that day, or what the child thought they should be working on. Teachers taught ONE thing that was right for the learner.Thank you to the talented (and brave) grade one and two teachers that we saw conferring today. |
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Hi, Mrs. Toa
Thanks for providing us another avenue for learning about conferring yesterday. It was such a great experience to come and observe a teacher doing this hard but awesome work. Mrs. Nicolai did a wonderful job at conferring with the students. She had her own way of motivating more her students to retell the characters in their chosen book.
Cheers,
Connie
Our training sessions just keep getting better and better!
I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say that being able to observe the teachers in an actual conference with readers was a great learning experience. I admire how teachers are able to clearly teach one point that they want the kids to work on, and how they make sure they demonstrate & practice it with them.
I’m thinking if it would be helpful if TAs also try to take notes as they confer? Maybe use just a short and simple system?
Thanks so much! Excited for the next one!
I love seeing the Teacher Assistants growing every week, gaining confidence to take their experiences back to the classrooms.
I agree with short and simple. My last lecturer from PSU called it the “swim suit” principle: Just enough to cover the basics!