Reading+Conferences

=**Practice ** = = =  Reading Conferences allow teachers to meet with students during independent reading time to monitor student reading, guide teacher instruction and assess student progress.

 Reasons for Conferring
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 * See if students are choosing Just Right Books
 * Monitor comprehension, fluency, decoding and stamina
 * Give teacher feedback
 * Differentiate instruction
 * Encourage students to share their thinking
 * Guide students in creating reading goals
 * Learn students' book choice interests
 * Get to know your students

= = =[|IS Resources] = = =

 Conferring with Boys by Mark Brand - 15553-5  The Joy of Conferring: One-On-One with Young Readers by Debbie Miller - 15565-5  Student-Involved Conferences featuring Dr. Anne Davies & Dr. Rick Stiggins - 15569-5

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Reading Essentials by Regie Routman - 372.4 ROU

=<span style="color: #3535c0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Web Resources = = = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Scholastic Teacher-Student Conferencing Form] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Literacy Matters - Conferring with Students] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Talk About a Community - Teacher-Student Conferences] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Jennifer Myers-Reading and Writing Workshop]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Link to a generic form to use for conferencing.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An explanation of assessment while conferring along with many other links to helpful conferring sites.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Contains 2 video clip demonstrations
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scroll down for great clips of one-on-one reader's conferences.