Reading/Writing
Potpourri
Conferring with student writers
Are you teaching, prompting or reinforcing?
Vocabulary
100

When a student asks "What's this word?' say this first.

What is ..."You try it" or "What can you try?"

100

Name 1  major form (genre) of writing

What is ...

 narrative (fiction), 

informational (non fiction) 

or opinion/persausive

100

A reading/writing conference should be about this long.

What is ... 5 minutes

100

"What can you try?"

What is... prompt

100

This is an example of an idiom.

any phrase that is an idiom

200

In a 20 minute reading group, half of the time should be spent doing this.

What is... reading.

200

Adding details to your writing is an example of this.

editing

revising

What is ... revising

200

When conferring with a student, this is something you should always do.

What is ... compliment on something he is doing well. Teach something

200

"Watch me"

What is ...Teaches

200

The number of words a typical third graders needs to learn per year.

3,000

5,000

9,000

What is ... 3,000.

300

Name two of three ways students problem solve words.

What is ...Pictures (meaning),

 Language Structure 

and Letters (visual)

300

This word would probably fall into this tier.

ARCHAEOLOGY

What is ... . tier 3

300

Name one way to help students write more

What is... give them more pages

show them how to organize before writing

Add details by using the questions who what where when why how



300

"You figured that out on your own!"

What is ... reinforce

300

Of these types of vocabulary, which one is typically the strongest.

reading, writing, listening, speaking

What is ...listening

400

The way students should read their books in a guided reading group.

What is ...'whisper reading' all at the same time as teacher listens in or silently.

400

This phrase is an example of an___________.

"I heard it through the grapevine."

What is ... an idiom.

400

This is the best place in the classroom to have a conference with a student

What is ...at his writing spot or wherever he is sitting.

400

"Let me show you."

What is ...Teach

400

Words are divided into this many tiers

What is ...3

500

This is one thing you can do when a student says, "I'm done!"

What is ...encourage revision (adding details) and editing (fix punctuation) 

 start a new piece of writing

500

Teach for strategies first, _________________second.

What is... accuracy

500

Feedback on student writing is most effective at this time- Before he begins writing, during writing, at the end when the piece is finished.

What is ...during.

500

"Can you say more about that?"

What is ...Prompt

500

Most words are learned this way. 

directly, indirectly

What is ... indirectly

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