Monday, October 23, 2017
Conferring - Eileen
Most of my conferring occurs in small reading groups. I know exactly what those students need to work on before starting the group. This information is collected during previous small group lessons, F&P testing, or observations during O.G. For example my low group needs to work on blending sounds and identifying trick words. Other groups need to work on reading strategies and strategies to solve hard words. While others are working identifying key information, retelling and thinking beyond the text. It is during this time that I collect more information to determine how to move my readers forward. What I need to work on is a tracking system so the information about the students is out of my head and onto a form that I can share with others. At one point I was trying to do this with individual students like I do during writing but I just couldn't keep up. This week I plan to do conferring notes with my small groups and see how that works out.
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I see a theme with the first two posts! It is something I was not great at either so I'm looking forward to helpful hints from others!
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ReplyDeleteI agree! It can definitely be a challenge to keep up a tracking system that works. Although I can easily track the writing, the conferring notes for reading have been more of a struggle.
I have this problem as well. I’m able to conferr easily during writing but it seems so much more difficult during reading.
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