[LIT] Management Details...mini conferences

[Mary Dovey]

This is going to sound odd, perhaps, but do you assign any kind of grade or
point value to these? Thanks,
Mary


On 3/11/07 1:46 PM, "kimberlee hannan" <mrshannan6th at gmail.com> wrote:

> I moved from elementary to middle school this year and went from 36 to 120
> or so students.  But I think with conferences I can use the same format as I
> did there.
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> I had a binder for the class with a piece of paper for each student inside.
> On my computer I have a program for printing mailing labels.  I make a
> template that has the criteria for this round of conferences and room for
> name and date, and print enough labels for each student.  I think I can even
> pre-name them.  During the conference I make notes on the labels about what
> was said or done.  At the end of the conferences I just peel the labels and
> stick them on the student's paper the binder.  When all the stickers are
> gone, I know I've met with everyone and can move on to the next round.
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> Over time I have a wonderful chart of growth.  I have very little to bog me
> down during the conference.  I learned quickly to keep my notes short and to
> the point because even the large mailing labels have only so much room to
> write.  I am pretty sure this would work for as many students as you need.
> Kim
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> On 3/11/07, FineArt11 at aol.com <FineArt11 at aol.com> wrote:
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>> i have 186+ 9th grade reading students.  i am trying to figure out how  i
>> could handle that many conferences.  this sounds like a wonderful
>> idea  for my
>> students and the one-on-one time would be worth the time i take away from
>> teaching.  we are done with our high-stakes testing, so the timing
>> is  right.  all
>> of my students work this quarter is kept in one binder, so i  could use
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>> writing as a point of reference.  do you keep folders on  each student?
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