Conferring With Young Writers: What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do

The authors, who are teachers, literacy coaches, and consultants, describe how to have more effective writing conferences with elementary students by building trust and focusing on increasing the frequency of conferences through routine, choice, organized materials, and partner work; having clear goals that emphasize ideas, structure conventions, one focus, real voice, and elaboration in writing; and following up through assessment, strategy groups, the use of reference books, author shares, and celebrations. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)