Conferring Toolkits & DIY Literacy
According to Brian Cambourne’s Conditions for Learning, teachers need to make sure that our demonstrations stick. Creating a conferring toolkit is a great way to help learners move forward as readers and writers. “Teaching tools create an impact on students' learning”, write Kate Roberts and Maggie Beattie Roberts. “They help students hold onto our teaching and become changed by the work in the classroom.”
Steps for Creating A Toolkit
Steps for Creating A Toolkit
1. Study students and determine predictable needs
1. Study students and determine predictable needs
2. Create a demonstration tool
2. Create a demonstration tool
3. Name the strategy that will move the reader or writer forward and design the page
3. Name the strategy that will move the reader or writer forward and design the page
4. Use the toolkit to teach
4. Use the toolkit to teach
