Writing Conferences
5th Graders Gave Us Feedback
Partner Conferencing: Glows and Grows
This year our class has been working hard to improve the quality of our writing conferences. How we give feedback to one another to help ourselves and each other grow and celebrate as authors.
Grade 5 helped us with this today. Mr. Scott's 5th grade class did some filming of themselves in writing conferences. We watched and listened to them model Glows & Grows conferences and then had our own conferences with writing partners while they listened in today to our Realistic Fiction conferences.
They helped us so much! It was amazing to see how engaged and thoughtful the 5th graders were about our work and how receptive our 3rd graders were to the feedback they gave us. We gathered afterwards to chat about what our 3rd graders were going to try next Glows/Grows conference.
We look forward to going to visit Mr. Scott's class in a few weeks to hear their Fantasy Fiction pieces.
Anchor Charts
Mr. Scott and Alena (5th grade student) refer to anchor charts to remind Patty & Ananya where to look if they are stuck on feedback.
Gavin Reads to his partner
The focus is on Spicy Language. 5th grader prompts Gavin's writing partner to show him exactly where he can use more spicy language.
Tammi & Ashton
Ashton is waiting to give Tammi a Glow and Grow about her story.
Reading our Writing
5th Graders listened to parts of our stories where we needed help or were feeling stuck.
Ashley & Carly Share their Work
While 5th Graders observe their conference
Rafael reads his lead to his story
5th grade boys are thoughtful about his questions.