Chelsea's Reflection on Graves (Ch. 12-14)

I chose to reflect on Chapter 14: Answers to the Toughest
Questions Teacher Ask About Conferences because it was the
chapter I had most interest in. I enjoy reading chapters
similar to this because they are common questions asked
which means that one day I will be asking those same
questions. It's great to get my answers down now. I
haven't yet seen my mentor teacher hold writing conferences
with her students. When the students write in their language
arts block time, they usually just write until they have any
questions, which is quite often. When I am there to help, my
mentor usually sits at her desk and has little conferences with
her students as needed. She usually has them come up and show
her their work when they think they are ready to start on the
next step. I'm not sure if she has conferences in which she
asks her students to tell her about their story, but just helps
them with corrections that need to be made or if more detail
needs to be added. I think it is hard to have writing
conferences with students because you have to make sure that
they are well-managed in the classroom. If they are rowdy,
then you would probably have to wait a bit to hold a conference
with them. I would like to have writing conferences with my
students because it can be really interesting. Children can
write about the funniest things, which makes their writing very
interesting. Plus, you can also get to know your student much
more better than you already do.