Record Keeping
Student Tools
Conferencing - Students can use this sheet to record what the teacher says to them each conference. They can record a compliment from the teacher, a constructive criticism from the teacher, and the goal they want to achieve before the next conference. One thing I would change about this chart would be where it says "STUDENT" would change to "DATE, so students can track their progress.
Topics to Write About - Sheets like this one can help spark student ideas. The topics are vague, but students can focus in a a particular event for a narrative or an argument about one of the topics for an opinion piece.
Topics Written About - I would use a chart like this one to have my student log what they wrote about just like they would log their reading. Instead of using the columns "Number of Words" and "Cumulative Word Count" I would create a column where student's could record their interest in the topic and self reflection of skills.
Skills Practiced - This could be both a poster and an individual sticker on each of the students' desks, laminated so that every time they write something, they can check off what they did with a dry erase marker. Once they're finished with the writing they can erase all of the check marks and start again for the next piece.
Tools for Teacher
Conferencing - This chart leaves room to check the progress of a student over three conferences to see their growth on a particular skill.
Topics to Model - A genre sheet like this gives guidelines for topics teachers can model, but allow leeway for the teacher and students to create their own story to model specific writing skills.
Topics Written About - Calendars like this one help teachers record what students wrote about on any particular day.
Student Skills Practiced - This is a great chart to record skills on, but if I had created it I would have left much more room for notes seeing as I like to leave a lot of feedback.