The Power of Authentic Compliment Conferences by Emily Strang-Campbell
From 1st grade until 3rd grade, I HATED writing. Mostly because myself, and a handful of other unlucky first graders, had received the not-so-coveted title of “struggling writers”. The labels started being handed down in October, and by late November, my excited, story-telling self, started to dread any and all writing activities. Whenever I met with my teacher, I felt as though I was in trouble, or I’d done something bad. She would always meet with the six of us “strugglers”
