Conferencing with Young Readers

Each week, students meet with a teacher to read a self-selected book.  The emphasis is on developing strong oral language skills, as well as independent reading skills.  When a team is conferring, the other students recognize that they may not interrupt the session and are thus encouraged to seek help elsewhere, either from a friend or a different adult.  

During a reading conference, the adult supports the child to read their book with ever increasing independence.  Reading the pictures, making connections between the book and themselves and learning to tell the story are just some of the objectives of the conferences.