The information provided in the text in regards to how to set up, run, and successfully complete a conference is great. I am not quite sure I understand the "teaching a next step" part though. It seemed like the "teaching a strength" and "teaching a next step" were the same thing in some of the tables. Actually, the the example where it writes out the teacher's voice and the student's voice helps make it more clear. Are documented conferences required as a teacher? or just encouraged for the benefit of the student?
My biggest concern is not being able to have enough time to do individual conferences all the time, so I liked reading about the concept of group conferring. It seems like this would be similar to doing a mini lesson with the whole class.
The two ideas I loved from Hale is having students decorate their notebooks as well as having a special spot students can go to during writing time. I just think students can associate writing as a positive experience by doing little things like this.
As far as assessment goes, are rubrics included sometimes in textbooks being used or does the teacher make-up a rubric for everything?
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