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Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools

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Reading and Writing Workshop in International Schools

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Great group focused on literacy in International Schools!

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Great examples of conferring and tips.

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From A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences of The Classroom Essentials Series
Invite students to have a real give-and-take with you.

Even though in conferences you're a teacher talking to students, you're also a (more experienced) writer talking to (less experienced) fellow writers about what writers do-come up with topics, make a plan for a piece of writing, write a lead, develop a section
with detail, use commas in a series, and so on. In this give and take, you learn about what students are trying to do as writers and how well they're doing it, and the students learn how they can do their work better.

Speak in a conversational tone.

Tone is the foundation of the good relationships you want to develop with students over the course of the school year. Speaking in a warm, friendly manner puts students at ease and makes it more likely they will talk with you about what they're trying to do as writers. What you learn from this talk helps you assess students and decide what you should teach to help them grow.

Sit alongside students, at their eye level.

How you sit with students helps you establish a positive tone in conferences. You might grab a nearby empty seat or sit on one that you carry with you around the classroom. As you sit, it's important to make frequent eye contact with students and make sure that your
facial expressions show an interest in what students are telling you.

Use "active listening" strategies.

For example, give some wait time after asking a question so that students have the time and space they need to come up with a response. Ask students to "say more" about what they tell you. And repeat what children say to check that you're hearing them correctly.
Using these strategies shows that you have a real interest in what students are saying and that you're really trying to understand them. Students will usually respond by talking to you more.

The goal of a writing conference is to teach students something about writing that they can use in the future. If you add to students' writing repertoires in every conference, they become better writers over time.

Learn more at Heinemann.com

Carl Anderson is one of the nation's leading experts on teaching writing to students in grades K-12. He dedicates his energies exclusively as an education consultant and writer.

Carl recently worked for Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University as a Lead Staff Developer, providing staff development in the teaching of writing grades K-8. He spent school days in New York City elementary and middle schools demonstrating effective teaching in the writing workshop and coaching teachers. He gave day-long workshops for teachers at Teachers College on launching the writing workshop, conferring with student writers, mini-lessons, and developing curriculum for the writing workshop.

Carl is the author of numerous books including the bestselling How's It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers, as well as Assessing Writers and the series Strategic Writing Conferences: Smart Conversations that Move Young Writers Forward Grades 3-6.

His latest book, A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences, is part of the Classroom Essentials series. Full of classroom video, the book helps teachers understand the underlying principles and reasons for conferring with students, and how to make writing conferences a part of teachers' daily routines.

Follow Carl on Twitter @ConferringCarl

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The goal of a writing conference is to teach students something about writing that they can use in the future. If you add to students' writing repertoires in every conference, they become better writers over time.

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1) Find your name in attached folder.
2) Use rubric to self-assess.
3) Share in small group.

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What moves are you already making? What moves might you lift up?

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Biggest take-away?
Hopes for our learning together?

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Dove & Honigsfeld

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Kassandra/Penelope/Alexa G.

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Alicia/Nicole
Julie/Witney
Russell/Mencia
Patricia/Claudia

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Marcelle/Cristal
Maria/Sophia
Joy/Loly

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We can use compliment conferences when unable to prepare/plan coaching conferences.

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Take Away: A conference can also be a compliment conference! Doesn't necessarily have to have a new skill taught.
Hopes: Goal setting with writers, making it something really applicable and something they consistently go back to.

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Compliment conferences are useful  for gathering data, as well as reinforcing behavior.
Hopes:
Effectively organize info gathered at each individual conference, and use it to plan ind/group conferences.

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Compliment Conferences! I had never seen it as a conference but utilizing a conference as a positive feedback.
I am exited to learn more about conferring. Looking at the rubric that you had us highlight there are many things I did and did not do in my workshops.

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Hopes: how to confer with kinder students

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How to use compliment conferences correctly and how to plan accordingly.
Hopes- How to properly teach students about goal setting.

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How to fully engage co-teacher in identifying needs, and planning and carrying out conferences.

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Take away: Compliment conferences.
Hopes: Conferring on-line

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I learned about compliment conferences!

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Take away: compliment conferences
Hopes: how to transfer learning and how long for the same goal.

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Take aways: Very different kinds of conferences, not necessarily always start with a compliment.

Hopes: Language of conferring becomes more natural and easy to use

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Compliment conferences, usually there were positive feedback between us.
Hopes: Continue learning and practicing how to plan conferencing and getting to each student.

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I hope that I can find ways to apply this online effectively

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Take-away: There are different types of conferences.
Hope: Learn to provide meaningful conferences.

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Biggest take-away ...
Wants and/or wonderings ...

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Please add in any tools or routines you've designed so we can learn from each other!

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Please add in any tools or routines you've designed so we can learn from each other!

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Goal-setting conference - G1 Writing

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Goal Setting Conference -- Writing -- First Grade

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Research, Decide, Teach
Compliment
Coaching
Goal-setting
Partnership

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Take Away: student agency in goal setting conference, teacher provided examples of goals but student identified what she was doing well and what she needs to work on (goal).

Wonderings: Should student goal be visible to them (in their writing folder)? Is this something they'll continue to work on across multiple writing pieces and then set a goal a few weeks later?

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Biggest take away is working on conferencing and how to change the comments to a positive one.

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Going with the students goal first and then guiding them to a another goal 

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Going with the students goal first and then guiding them to a another goal 

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Take-away: M
Many types of conferences.
Hopes: Find new ways of using the different types of conferences virtually and when we are back on campus.

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Informational Writing

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CMS K-2 - Session 3 Toolkits & Reflection