ICYMI: Conferring Toolkits Blog Series
In case you missed it! Check out our posts on conferring toolkits.
Conferring Toolkits: Mentor Texts
Two elements form the very heart of every conference: the student, and the mentor text I can use to nudge her writing piece forward. …
Conferring Toolkits: Record Keeping
Handwritten vs. Digital? How do you keep records of your conferences?
Conferring Toolkits: Cheat Sheets
Add some cheat sheets to your Conferring Toolkits
Conferring Toolkits: Creating Visuals for Teaching Tools
In the case of explaining a strategy, a tip, or a writing insight, a picture is often worth a thousand words. Or more!
Conferring Toolkits: Supplies and How to Use Them
Here’s a list of things in my conferring toolkit! What’s in yours?
Conferring Toolkits: Class Stories, Shared Writing and Interactive Writing
Whether it’s storytelling, or shared writing, or interactive writing, any piece of writing that your whole class created together is going to be extremely helpful to have at your fingertips while you are moving about the classroom conferring.
Blog Series: A Peek Inside Conferring Toolkits
This week my friends and I at Two Writing Teachers will take you on a tour of our writing toolkits. You won’t want to miss a single post this week!
Easily Create a Digital Conferring Toolkit
In these days of little-to-no-notice school closures, it’s easy to get stuck at home without everything you need to confer with your students. Having a digital conferring toolkit means you will have access to all of your materials from any device that connects to the internet.
This is the Year I’m Going to Make Writing Toolkits
Toolkits seem to be the thing that teachers want, yet keep putting off…but…
This will be the year! Grab a colleague or be my virtual buddy and follow along with a video tutorial to finally make the toolkit of your organizational dreams.
Conferring with Writers: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
“How about we read Goodnight, Gorilla?” Raising my eyebrows, I gazed hopefully at my two year-old daughter. “Or maybe we could read The Grouchy Ladybug? You love that … Continue Reading Conferring with Writers: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
Conferring: Writing Workshop Fundamentals
“Lift the ball with your right hand, and pretend your right knee is tied to your right elbow.” Placing the orange ball uncertainly in my right hand, I glanced over … Continue Reading Conferring: Writing Workshop Fundamentals
Tips from Amanda Hartman, Conferring Guru
Amanda Hartman, author of One to One: The Art of Conferring with Young Writers, offers tips for teachers on how to strengthen their writing conferences.
Teaching Toolkits: Making Instruction Visible
Anna Gratz Cockerille provides tips for organizing and developing teaching toolkits you can use across the school year.
A Seasonal Pause & Best Wishes
The Two Writing Teachers Team is taking a short winter recess.
This post shares a preview of some things to come in 2022!
Improved Conferences: Reflections and Shifts As We Move Forward
As the 2020-21 school year progressed, some teachers reported improved one-to-one conferences when they were conducted through a screen. As students and teachers became more comfortable sharing their screens and recording videos, virtual conferences felt more natural. There are some aspects of virtual writing conferences that can be carried forward once everyone is back to school in-person 100% of the time and/or the masks get to come off indefinitely.
Winter Break + Holiday Wishes
The Two Writing Teachers Team is taking a short winter break to rest and recharge. While we’re looking forward to our blogging break, we have a lot in store for 2021! Learn more in this post.
TWT Winter Recess and Holiday Wishes
It is the time of year we are pausing at Two Writing Teachers and taking a short winter break. While we’re looking forward to our blogging break, we have a lot in store for 2020!
Find out more in this post.
A Winter Recess
A winter recess is upon us here at Two Writing Teachers! While we’re looking forward to our blogging break, we have a lot in store for 2019!
Find out more in this post.
July Vacation
Summer is here and we are taking a break before August hits!
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