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Goal Setting and Conferring In My 3rd Grade Classroom

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Goal Setting and Conferring In My 3rd Grade Classroom

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Goal Setting with the Guidance Counselor

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Goal Setting with the Guidance Counselor

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Setting up Conferencing Times with Learners (used with 5th Grade)

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Setting up Conferencing Times with Learners (used with 5th Grade)

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I was always setting a goal for myself to make conferring with my learners...a few each day at the same time, usually during our literacy block in the morning. But something always came up and I would run out of time that day, which then put me behind the whole week. So, I decided to give my class voice and choice in this matter and we collaboratively came up with this easy google form.

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4th grade learners filled out this scrip to share with their parent at conferences.  The learner and teacher met previously to conferences to discuss and tweak the form as needed.

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Beal Parent Learner Conference - Google Docs

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Every trimester, learners fill in the bubble "yet" with what they can't do yet, but want to focus on.

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I would tweak this and not have the reading level on there but you could use the portion that says "My goal..." and "I can accomplish my by..." and then the progress page.

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3rd Grade Reading Standards - use these to help set goals

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3rd Grade Reading Standards - use these to help set goals

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Great book to use for conferring/small group reading lessons

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Great book to use for conferring/small group reading lessons

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Great book to use for conferring/small group writing lessons

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Great book to use for conferring/small group writing lessons

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Learners can choose the day when they will be ready to show you that they have met a goal. They write the goal they are working on and put their name on the calendar for when they will be ready to meet with you.

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Learners can set a goal for editing and craft moves. This can be organized as a progression of skills where students should have one skill mastered before setting a goal to accomplish the next goal.

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Reading Fluency and Benchmark Data Sheet

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Reading Fluency and Benchmark Data Sheet

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Beginning, Middle and End of the Year Reading Data

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Reading Fluency and Benchmark Data Sheet for Student Data Notebooks

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If you have your students keep Data Notebooks, this is a must have! It is a simple sheet for students to record their growth as a reader from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

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This can be used for goal setting and progress monitoring throughout the year.

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This is an editable progress/goal graph to chart student progress in reading. I believe it is important for students to set goals and see their growth. This graph can also be shared with parents to communicate progress and facilitate growth in reading.

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The learners choose a reading strategy to work on as well as a reading level goal.

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Google Form - Reading Conferencing Notes

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Google Form - Reading Conferencing Notes

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Keep this up on your screen (computer or device). Submit a response for each learner conference. It collects on a spreadsheet and then you can sort by learner to see their progress and your notes from conferences with them.

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Choice in Books and Seating During Reader's Workshop

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Choice in Books and Seating During Reader's Workshop

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Learners have a choice in which books they read and where they sit during Reader's Workshop.

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BLOG: Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension 

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BLOG: Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension 

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Pernille Ripp is a 7th grade English teacher in Oregon, WI. She infuses her classes with conferring, and growth mindset.

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In order to set the next reading goal learners reflected on their progress then made their action plan. These were used as a conferring tool for official goal setting with the teacher.

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3rd Trimester Reading Goal  Name: 	______________________________________________  From your 2nd trimester reflection: Describe how you are going to become an EVEN STRONGER reader in 3rd Trimester. (short answer)     How are YOU going to TRACK your progress with your new goal?       How are YOU g...

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Google sheet set up with the priority standards for the unit. Learners chose which standard to start with - they researched the possible demonstrations/lab activities - then conferred with the teacher daily (formal and informal).

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McDonald

 McDonald, Electric and Magnetic forces, Electro-magnet fields
 Order#, Last name, First name, MS-PS2-3, MS-PS2-5
 1, Yahir, Motor, 3
 Electromagnet
 2, Kiah, Balloon and water
 Magetic Slime, 2
 3, Keagan, Magnetic field to move car, Motor, 2
 4, Zack, Duct tape and static electricity,...

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Learners looked at their "personal reading history." They sorted their texts into categories - at least 3 different ways. Then met 1:1 with teacher to set a reading goal to stretch themselves as readers.

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Sample 6th Grader Portfolio 2017-2018 - Reading

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Based on my "personal reading history" and my book sorting activity, I will increase my reading of nonfiction. I will read about two topics (at least 2 books/text each) before the winter break.

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Have your learners reflect on their habits - can create goals off of these

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I survived parent-teacher conferences.
Do they have a shirt for that? I mean, I spent hours prepping, worked 7am-5pm, and hardly ate a thing all day!

With that said, I've only done 1/3 of my class so far, but I am still so relieved and happy!
This was my first year conducting parent-teacher conferences on my own. For the last three years I've translated for parent-teacher conferences and been a part of numerous conference for intervention students. However, the student's classroom teacher would run the conference and I was there to translate or share how the student was achieving during my instructional time. But this time, I was on my own. So naturally, I turned to all the amazing and seasoned teachers I work with and to amazing bloggers for advice.

One of my first grade teammates advised me to have students complete a self-evaluation. She said that in the past, her first graders have been very honest about they are doing in school and it was eye opening to share student evaluations with parents at conferences. In the self evaluation sheets I created, I asked students to evaluate how they follow school rules, the way they treat others, and the quality of their work. I also asked students whether or not they finish their lunch, if they read at home and if they keep their desks clean. Finally they added one area they want to improve on this year. We discussed these items verbally for about a week before students put their evaluations on paper. My students proved to be very honest, and some were pretty hard on themselves! I really like that it got my firsties thinking about their school performance, rather than someone telling them how they do in school. So far, it has been great insight for parents and myself alike! You can download my student self evaluation forms {K-2} at the bottom of this post!

My funny and sweet friend Kristin {A Teeny Tiny Teacher} shared her parent-teacher conference secrets with me. At first I was really nervous to conduct my conference this way, because I know most parents expect to walk in and have a report card handed to them. However, I "tested" it out with my first conference and it went so well, I kept doing it. I spent wayyyyy too many hours prepping for the conferences (good thing the hubs was out of town) but boy oh BOY was it worth it in the end!

Click here to download your free parent-teacher conference form and student self-evaluation! ***Update: I have had many requests for an editable version of these parent-teacher conference forms. Click here to view the editable version.

What's your best parent-teacher conference or tip? Tell me about it in the comments below!

Happy conferencing!

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I survived parent-teacher conferences. Do they have a shirt for that? I mean, I spent hours prepping, worked 7am-5pm, and hardly ate a thing all day! With that said, I've only done 1/3 of my class so far, but I am still so relieved and happy!

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Conference Recording Sheets (can be used to any subject area)

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Conference Recording Sheets (can be used to any subject area)

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These writing workshop conference sheets were created to help organize writing conferences with students.

-The first sheet is designed to record conferences of individual students.
-The second sheet is designed to record conferences that you have with various children during the week.

For each conference, the teacher should establish a compliment that they have in regards to the student's writing piece, a goal that the student should consciously be working on, and a goal that the teacher has for the student during the next writing conference.

I hope you find them useful when organizing your writing workshop and conferring with your students!

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These writing workshop conference sheets were created to help organize writing conferences with students. -The first sheet is designed to record conferences of individual students. -The second sheet is designed to record conferences that you have with various children during the week. For each c...