2 First Grade Writing Conferences: K-5 Common Core Conferencing with WriteSteps

This snippet from a video lesson for K-5 teachers demonstrates some effective conferencing techniques used early in the school year to reinforce teaching of Common Core grammar. The teacher has already modeled a writing process which begins with sketching (picture-planning) and guided writing. Students are now writing in their Writer's Notebooks, and the teacher demonstrates both roving (informal) conferencing and formal conferencing. To use WriteSteps Common Core lessons free for 30 days at no obligation, visit http://writestepswriting.com/freetria.... For inspiration and more information about teaching and K-5 writing, like WriteSteps on Facebook:   / commoncorewritesteps  . For free Common Core resources on Pinterest, go to   / writesteps  .

Founder & CEO Suzanne Klein is a former K-5 teacher and writing consultant with extensive training in writing pedagogy best practices, especially writer's workshop and 6 Traits. She has taught all elementary grades including a Title I literacy program, and gave professional development workshops on Balanced Writing for the Bureau of Education Research. Klein holds a Master of Arts degree in teaching, is a National Writing Project fellow, and draws inspiration from teachers such as Ralph Fletcher, Barry Lane, Katie Wood Ray, and John Collins.

WriteSteps includes a year's worth of Common Core lesson plans that integrate best practices like writers workshop, the 6 Traits, graphic organizers, and the Madeline Hunter lesson steps. WriteSteps offers web-based lessons, visual aids, rubrics, and other resources to teach narrative writing, opinion writing, and informational writing.