Jess - Ch.4

There is one major concept that I learned from reading this chapter - You have to make time for the students to read. In the class I am in this semester, the students get 15 minutes in the morning to read. By the time the students get into the class and get everything set up to read, the time is over. My mentor has tried to make a few adjustments for me to allow for short reading conferences and running records. I have to be real quick about it if I want to get to more than just 2 students (she has them in pairs taking turns reading to each other). I think it is one of the most valuable tools a teacher can use. The conferences and records give sort of an insight to the way a student takes in information. We are spending all this time as student teachers to learn this craft of reading conferences, we need to make sure we allow the time to do it or it's a waste.