The Teachers Toolkit March 17 2025
Part 2: Getting Better at Conferring, Years 3-6
In this podcast, Sharon Callen continues describing her conferring approach, emphasising how giving students space to reflect develops their self-regulation. With a second Year 3 student, she identifies his awareness of misreading words without knowing how to fix them. By teaching the strategy “try a different sound,” he immediately corrects all errors, making previously difficult text accessible. Sharon notes the importance of recording these strategies on Reading Calendars with dates. She emphasises conferring should occur with appropriately challenging books, helping students develop strategies for accessing increasingly complex texts rather than keeping them in their comfort zone.
Podcast link: https://the-teachers-tool-kit-for-literacy.simplecast.com/episodes/part-2-getting-better-at-conferring-years-3-6
