{"id":1121,"date":"2022-02-18T20:01:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T01:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2022-02-18T20:01:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T01:01:38","slug":"conferencing-with-students-about-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1121","title":{"rendered":"Conferencing with Students about Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>What are writing conferences<\/strong>?  They are basically short conversations with students about their writing.<\/li><li><strong>How long should they last<\/strong>?  Three to six minutes is a good length for a conference.<\/li><li><strong>What can be discussed in a writing conference<\/strong>? Stages of the writing process, specific strategies, qualities of good writing, etc.    Start with something positive and then guide and teach.<\/li><li><strong>What are some types of conferences?<\/strong>  *A roving conference is where teachers move about.  *Students can schedule to meet with the teacher at a table or the teachers desk.  *Peer conferences are useful, too.<\/li><li>What are appropriate times for conferences?  This is dependent upon individual needs, but the following are suggestions: * while others are reading silently, after mini-lessons when students are having independent writing time (4-5 students can be pulled), in the mornings while students are drifting in, in the afternoons as students are waiting to leave&#8230;Be creative.  Time is available if we look for it.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Writing Conferences the <em>WISE<\/em> Way<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are writing conferences? They are basically short conversations with students about their writing. How long should they last? Three to six minutes is a good length for a conference. What can be discussed in a writing conference? Stages of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1121\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wise-writing-consulting-and-studio-wise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1122,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}