[MOSAIC] conferencing

[Nancy Hagerty]

Hi Kim.

I have been there myself.  Then it occurred to me, although my conferencing is individual, my mini-lesson had purpose.  There is always so much you can tell or discuss with readers and writers.  By going bck to my mini-lesson it gave me purpose for the day's conferences.  It also made me rethink my mini-lessons so that I was meeting the reading/writing needs of my students.  It sounds so simple, but it really worked for me.  I needed to stay focused.  This allowed my conferences to be short, yet effective.  It also made the children try to adapt more of what I was saying/demonstrating during my mini-lesson to their own reading and writing.  They liked when I noticed they had tried to do what I had modeled.

Nancy Hagerty
First Grade Y-3
Hardy Elementary
248-573-8650  ext. 3637
hagertyn at slcs.us
>>> mrshannan6th at gmail.com 06/30/07 12:26 PM >>>
My weakest part of both my reader's and writer's workshop is my individual
conferences with children.  I've read lots of books about the subject.  I've
watched a few.  I still feel like when I sit with a child the discussion
isn't natural.  It's mostly a miniature test.  Often I am so bored myself, I
get tired sitting there.  I can't imagine what the kids think.

What do you folks do?
Kim

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Kim
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Kimberlee Hannan
Department Chair
Sequoia Middle School
resno, California 93702


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everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy.

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