Peer Conferencing in Action!

Kids are learning how to listen to a partner's story and discuss what they notice about their writing.
We call this a peer conference. First graders choose a story to read to a partner. Their partner listens and then comments on something they noticed about the writing, such as this little boy's comment about his partner using periods in his writing! Then they check to be sure their partner has included Who, Where and When parts to their story using a peer conference checklist. If one of these elements is missing, it gets circled on the checklist for his partner to possibly include later in his story. These two boys did a great job!