"The sticky notes on the side of the chart have a purpose.  If you're conferring with a student who has skipped part of the process, you can walk over to the chart with them, review it, and then give them one of the sticky notes to take back to their writing spot.  For instance, if a child went from say to write, without sketching, you could confer into the importance of sketching as a way to get ready to write and then have him/her keep the ""sketch"" sticky note at their writing spot as a concrete reminder to do that step before they move on to writing."
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