Our Go-to Writing Conferences: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

Conferring is the heart of writing workshop, which is why we are talking about four types of writing conferences we adore having with students. In this episode, we discussed on-the-spot writing conferences, complement-only conferences, table conferences, and inquiry conferences. As usual, we tuck in some conferring tips as well!

MORE ABOUT CONFERRING
We have written a lot of content about conferring over at Two Writing Teachers so it's hard to pick just a few pieces to share in today's show notes. Here are ten must-read blog posts about conferring: 

1. Conferring: Writing Workshop Fundamentals
2. Don't Skimp on the Compliment
3. Get REALLY Good at Conferring
4. How to Name a Transferrable Teaching Point in a Writing Conference
5. Let's Talk About Methods for Conferring
6. Listening Closely
7. Table Conferences: An Important Coaching Move at the Start of the School Year
8. Three Ways to Make Your Conferring More Effective
9. Top Three Predictable, Beginning of Year Conferences
10. What To Do When a Writer Doesn't Say Much

ICYMI: Be sure to check out our previous podcast on record-keeping!

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This episode was recorded in September 2022.

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