Deborah, What a great idea! What type of format do you set with the conference and how long do you plan per group? What age group do you teach?
I think this would work well for our classes of 6th & 7th graders. Lucinda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Bova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 4:46 AM Subject: Re: [LIT] Management Details...mini conferences > This is not the journal issue... but Ia conference management issue that > I > have wrestled with for ages; I now hold a mini group (3 students) > conference and do it on the "days of the week" rotation. I sit in the back > of the room with three kids. I elect one strong, one average, and one > needing lots of help. I have found over the years, when I did single > conferences, the student with the closest proximity to me in each > conference > other than the student with whom I was talking made great progress.. he > got > to listen to several plus his own. I put together groups of three, > logistically, I have the weakest studnet go last. He listens to stronger > writers and readers share ideas and ask for help from the other > students..."Ah, strong students need help, too!" and the light goes on > that > everyone needs help. I send kids off one at a time to cue another to come > and take his or her chair. It really is effective and provides a double > and > triple whammy for every child involved... except student number one at the > start of the conference. That student is the only one to do his spiel > minus anyone else reporting. Once in a while, I have that student sit > through at least one other conference before going off on his or her > mission to signal another that it is his time in the box. :) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Punchak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:48 PM > Subject: Re: [LIT] Management Details > > >> Hi Pam, >> I mentioned collecting 1/3 of each class' journals at a time. 1/3 on >> Monday, 1/3 Tuesday, and 1/3 Wed. I simply went down my class lists and >> labeled them M-T-W. Since I have 3 reading classes, I collect period one >> (which I call "red") this week, period two (blue) next week, and period 3 >> (green) the following week. Students know well in advance when their >> journals are due and, of course, I post the class whose journals are due >> each week on the homework board. This method makes journal collection >> easy >> and also keeps responding manageable. (I'm only responding to 8-10 >> journals >> per night.) >> Barbara/6th/FL >> >> -----Original Message----- >> On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Someone, Kim maybe?, said that they collect 1/2 a class at a time. How >> and >> >> when do you let the kids know you are collecting notebooks? That sounds >> like >> something that might work for me. >> >> Pam Tempest >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org >> >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.8/714 - Release Date: 3/8/2007 > > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
