Do you ever shy away from conferring with one of your students because they are holding a book that you have never read? Or do you find yourself ending up in the retell tunnel hearing every single detail of your student's book?  What about sitting down to a conference and leaving feeling more like you just gave a quiz than had a conversation.   I think we have all been guilty of one of these.  However,  you don't have to do that any longer! 

Let Chara and Erica remind you of all the ways that you can confer with kids even if you DON'T know the book.   You will hear them remind you to teach the reader, not the book.  Even if you just hold that belief close to you, your conferences will improve.  Chara and Erica will inspire you to switch up some of the questions you ask and will give you some ideas of questions that will illicit more thinking work.  They will remind you of particular tools that will also help you improve your conferences. 

And you will even hear an example of a conference and where to find some resources to support your conferences! We can't wait to hear what you think about our conferring series and we want to hear how your conferences have gotten better!