Discipline: Professional Resources, Literacy
Copyright: 2005
Grade(s): K - 3
Delivery Method: Print
Province: National
Imprint: Heinemann
Author(s): Lucy Calkins, Amanda Hartman, Zoe Ryder White
Language(s): English
In an effective writing workshop, young children grow in leaps and bounds, and within just a few months, the changes in their written products can dazzle you. And after 30 years of studying her students’ growth in the writing workshop, Lucy Calkins knows one of the most powerful ways to support good writers: clear, purposeful writing conferences. In One to One Calkins
and her colleagues Amanda Hartman and Zoë White show you the practices and principles that create effective conferences. They dispel the myth that master teachers have a magic touch and show you that effective teachers do not reinvent the conference with each student, but rather use predictable, principled interactions that follow a few simple frameworks.
In this book, you will learn:
Good conferring, like good teaching, relies on your ability to communicate effectively with children, and the skills you develop as you learn to confer will improve your teaching abilities in all areas, including developing curriculum, leading strong minilessons, and untangling the classroom chaos that can derail a smoothly running workshop. Read this bookto improve your conferences and your teaching. But most important, read it to improve your students’ writing every day.