How to Research Reading and Writing Strategies in Conferences and Small Groups

Observing or researching reading and writing strategies is the most crucial role you can play in your literacy classroom or homeschool. Observing or researching is one of the many hats you wear during conferring time. It's such an important role that I had to include it in the Peer Learning Coaching Framework. We started digging a little deeper into this Framework in the previous episode when I talked about complimenting students the right way and how to teach our learners to compliment each other. If you just started listening to the All Things Are Possible Teacher Podcast, and are not familiar with the Peer Learning Coaching Framework yet, make sure to listen to episode #2 sometime this week. It will walk you through the 8 ways you can make the teacher shift to coach and transform your literacy classroom or homeschool into a learner driven community. In my opinion, observing or researching reading and writing strategies is the most crucial role you can play in your literacy classroom or homeschool. And yet it's one of the things that is often left out. Well, the next letter in the Peer Learning Coaching Framework is the letter O, which stands for OBSERVE. Another word I like to use interchangeably with observe is the word "RESEARCH". When you want to shift your role from teaching to coaching during conferences and small group instruction, it starts with doing some really good research.  But how do you research reading and writing strategies effectively in a conference or small group? Not to worry because in this episode, I will teach you the… Benefits of taking time to observe students or children 3-step process to observing and researching strategies Perfect conferring method of teaching to help you research Types of research questions to ask your learners 2 ways to collect evidence of learning so researching goes smoothly 2 most important questions you'll want to answer after researching is over so you can move on with the rest of the conference Are you ready to get started? Let's do this! Links Mentioned in This Episode: SNAG THE GUIDE  PROFESSIONAL BOOK Stop by the two blogs! I've got one for literacy teachers and black history. Literacy Teachers –> Check out this blog post: 8 Ways to Coach Students During Small Group Instruction for Reading and Writing Literacy Teachers –> Start reading this blog post: 5 Ways to Make Your Reading and Writing Workshop More Learner Driven