The second phase of a successful conference after RESEARCH is DECIDE. We must decide what we are going to teach this child. Think about:
- What do we know about this child and where they are in their development of skills?
- What is the conference history of this child. Should we keep working on something?
- What is the most important strategy that this child needs to know now?
We can’t beat ourselves up about our choices here. Some days our reading intuition is working great, and other days it’s not. Just remember, whatever we teach will be valuable.