Teacher conferences student writers

We took another scavenger hunt using our new language arts books.  I then modeled conferencing.  I used a volunteer’s writing and then conferenced him.  This involved asking questions and some discussion.  What this does is take a young author’s writing and help him/her add to it, which covers the "show, don’t tell” process.

Conferencing with young writers helps teachers focus on the writer, not the writing.  Instead of telling writers how to "fix" their writing, I help them think through the writing process and improve it themselves.

In science, each child was told he/she was called by a book company to design a new textbook cover, using things we have learned about science equipment, safety, and scientific method.

Book orders were originally due on September 4^th, but I just realized that students are not in class that day.  So we will make the due date the 5^th!

Have a terrific Tuesday!