CONFERRING

Hello Writers!

It has been fun to sit down and confer with many of you!  Be sure to bring your writing to class as we will be meeting in our triads and this will be your chance to get more feedback on your writing.  For this blog I am going to suggest that you again take some time to browse through the DVD and focus on conferring.  What do you notice about conferring that is something you could try with your students or your fellow triad members?  Blog about what you notice and what you can take from it.

In Chapter 6 Tovani talks about setting a very specific purpose for instruction and outcomes.  How do you do this with your students?  What role does purpose take in your planning and teaching of lessons?  How do you determine purpose?

In Chapter 7 Tovani talks about holding one's thinking.  What are some strategies you have used to "hold" the thinking of your students?

NEW Reading Group

Reflections on Chapters 5 and 7.  Is your thinking about the teaching of reading changing?  If so how?  What do you think about in your teaching now that you did not think about before?  If these questions do not "speak" to you then you can write your own reflections...

Take some time to browse through the DVD.  Choose a part to watch and then reflect on it.  What did it make you think about?  What did you notice about Penny's teaching that is something you could try?  How does this make you think differently about your students?  What did you notice?

Continuing Reading Group

Choose a line from your reading and write to it.  Remember it is wise to write in word first and the copy in paste just in case.  What does this line make you think about?  What have you found in  your reading that applies to your students and how can you use it effectively?

NEW Reading Group....


For this entry I am asking that your reflect on your reading from Chapter 6.  What are you thinking?

WRITING GROUP - Belief Statements

What a great class the other day. I love hearing your writing, your thoughts and ideas around writing. What we did not get to in class was for everyone to share their beliefs about writing and the teaching of writing so for this month's post I am going to ask that you reread your beliefs and post them here on the blog. We will return to these beliefs at the end of our course to see if our thinking has changed at all over the course of our work together.