Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Conferring- Kristina
In the past, I have learned most of what I know about my students as readers from giving them the Fountas and Pinnell assessment. I actually really enjoyed sitting with each of my students 1 on 1, hearing them read, and then discussing the reading. Most of those discussions turned into real life conversations about them. Occasionally I would "conference" with each of my students but it wasn't in an intentional way. It was more as a check-in rather than an opportunity to teach. This is the biggest thing I want/need to change about my current conferring practices. I am still a little worried about the time piece; worried I will spend too much or too little time conferring with my students. Now that I have learned to have a focus and teaching point when I confer with students I look forward to sitting with each of them. I even hope that I might learn something from them!
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I like how you mentioned that they talked about themselves as well. I think a key to understanding reading is to have the student make connections. The conferences give you a chance to get to know them not only as a reader, but an individual student! I like how you assessed yourself and thought of things you want to work on to become an even better conference leader. I am going to take your ideas!
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