I think so too. It really hit home when I began working with a group of third graders (mostly boys) this year on thinking strategies and I posed the question...." So why do you think it is important to learn about these strategies?", hoping to hear that they would get a deeper understanding of what they were reading and enjoy reading more as a result, but they were all in agreement that it was because they were going to be tested on them. They have no concept of reading for enjoyment. The school I work in is relatively affluent, too so it is not so much a socioeconomic issue. I guess I think that the testing is a big issue and it comes at a time when society is changing too.
> Agreed...but the pressures of NCLB is not helping teachers to overcome > dispassionate children and I have to say, I think it leads to > dispassionate > teaching. > > Lori > > > On 12/24/06 2:36 PM, "Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm not blaming NCLB for dispassionate children, they come to us >> like that. I >> DO blame NCLB for the current culture in school administration, >> and the >> pressures we teachers feel. >> >> >> Joy/NC/4 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> How children learn is as important as what they learn: process >> and content >> go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 57555 > > http:www.tcsdk12.org > ph. 605.856.2211 > > > Literacies for All Summer Institute > "Literate Lives: A Human Right" > July 12-15, 2007 > Louisville, Kentucky > > http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http:// > literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
