Sessions: Reading Conferences: Powerful Goal-Directed Instruction Using Skill Progressions
Location: Salon D - 9/23/22, 11:00 AM - 9/23/22, 12:15 PM (-0330) (1 hour 15 minutes)

Sessions: Reading Conferences: Powerful Goal-Directed Instruction Using Skill Progressions
Jennifer Serravallo

Jennifer Serravallo is a literacy consultant, speaker, and the author of several popular Heinemann professional books, including the New York Times bestselling The Reading Strategies Book and her latest, Teaching Writing in Small Groups. Her resources help teachers make goal-directed, responsive strategy instruction, conferring, and small group work doable in every classroom. Jennifer was a Senior Staff Developer at Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and taught in NYC public schools. Twitter: @jserravallo Instagram: @jenniferserravallo


Description:

Conferring is an opportunity for teachers to develop stronger relationships with students, honor and cherish where each is in their learning, and to nudge them along into deeper literacy work. In this session, you'll be encouraged to consider how different methods for conferring can match different purposes--to assess, set goals, coach readers along, introduce new strategies, and group for efficiency. You'll hear about how relying on a hierarchy of goals and skill progressions can help you to figure out what just-right strategies to teach students in a variety of situations.

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