Developing Student Writing Goals & Why Your Students Need Them!

Want to see more progress in your students’ writing?Then it’s time to take a hard look at how we approach writing in your classroom.We spend a lot of time teaching skills and strategies for writing, but not every student needs work on the same skill or strategy.That’s where helping students to develop writing goals can make a huge impact.  Setting individual writing goals gives purpose to student writing, and helps students to make progress on what THEY need.  Goals drive instruction and serve as a road map for what to work on during independent writing conferences.But - to help students achieve more success in their writing through goals, we must break it down into a simplified process.  In this week’s episode, I’m doing just that.Links & Resources Mentioned in the EpisodeEPISODE 63: Conducting Writing Conferences: A Simple Goal-Driven ApproachRESOURCES:Launching Writer’s WorkshopStudent Writer’s Notebook