Reading Conference Analysis
I conducted my reading conference with my younger brother, Seth. Seth is in the fourth grade and homeschooled with his two older sisters by my mom. While his visual/spatial abilities are strong, he struggles with reading and both written and oral communication. The book he chose to read was The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit. Once aspect of the conference that went well was Seth’s wiliness to participate. He was very willing to read and answer questions. This was due to both his personality and the pre-established relationship. Had this been a student of mine rather than a sibling, I would have had to work to make sure the student was comfortable. Seth already trusted me and knew that what I was doing, in this …show more content…
Implicit questions are important in aiding in deeper comprehension, but as I mentioned before, I think this was too advanced of a question for this level of a book. A more appropriate questions might have been, “Do you think that the family will continue to be as lucky as they seem in this first chapter?” In addition, I could have referred back to vocabulary more after the reading to aid in deep comprehension. He was reading the words well, but I cannot honestly say that I am confident he understands what they all mean. That being said, I stand firm that deeper comprehension may have been improved had he read a book that was more on his …show more content…
I used the word “okay” more than I would like (lines 1,3,55,77). I will need to watch my filler words that next time that I give a conference. My words should be purposeful. This could have been fixed by having chosen my questions before hand and even preparing some follow up questions to gain more information. I also have to keep in mind that this is not a standard situation. Because he was my brother and we were at home, I did not have to employ many strategies to address behavior. In the classroom, I will have to keep in mind that I will have an entire class to keep an eye on and have to keep the student I am working with focused on what we are
I conducted my reading conference with my younger brother, Seth. Seth is in the fourth grade and homeschooled with his two older sisters by my mom. While his visual/spatial abilities are strong, he struggles with reading and both written and oral communication. The book he chose to read was The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit. Once aspect of the conference that went well was Seth’s wiliness to participate. He was very willing to read and answer questions. This was due to both his personality and the pre-established relationship. Had this been a student of mine rather than a sibling, I would have had to work to make sure the student was comfortable. Seth already trusted me and knew that what I was doing, in this …show more content…
Implicit questions are important in aiding in deeper comprehension, but as I mentioned before, I think this was too advanced of a question for this level of a book. A more appropriate questions might have been, “Do you think that the family will continue to be as lucky as they seem in this first chapter?” In addition, I could have referred back to vocabulary more after the reading to aid in deep comprehension. He was reading the words well, but I cannot honestly say that I am confident he understands what they all mean. That being said, I stand firm that deeper comprehension may have been improved had he read a book that was more on his …show more content…
I used the word “okay” more than I would like (lines 1,3,55,77). I will need to watch my filler words that next time that I give a conference. My words should be purposeful. This could have been fixed by having chosen my questions before hand and even preparing some follow up questions to gain more information. I also have to keep in mind that this is not a standard situation. Because he was my brother and we were at home, I did not have to employ many strategies to address behavior. In the classroom, I will have to keep in mind that I will have an entire class to keep an eye on and have to keep the student I am working with focused on what we are