3 Things I Wish I’d Understood Sooner about Conferring with Young Writers

What I learned from visiting consultant Matt Glover that completely changed my thinking about conferring in writing workshop.

Feedback is important (and I mess up sometimes)

In the first post in this series, I was thinking about the feedback I give student writers. That leads me to another big observation: sometimes I mess up, perhaps even bad enough to set a kid back a little. Learn more about two conversations with students that I’d like to redo.

First, convince them they ARE writers

This semester, I teach writing in pre-K on Wednesdays, and writing to college students on Fridays. I’m quickly discovering that the only real difference is the texts I use.