I am in the same boat. I have been using the materials from the Comprehension Toolkit for several years in fourth grade and this year third grade started using the exact same materials. I don't have a problem with reteaching the exact same strategies because they will inevitably dig deeper into them from year to year. My problem is that now I have to go and locate new material next year because I don't want the kids using the same things to practice their strategies with each year. Our literacy facilitator finally stepped in right before Christmas and told them to find different material because most of what is in the Toolkit is too difficult for the third graders. She also ordered fourth grade a subscription to National Geographic for Kids so I can use them next year. Is anyone else running into this problem or is it just me being too territorial?
"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 9:23 AM -0500 wrote: >Once again our staff met to share lessons and activities that we use >while teaching the reading strategies. A new strategey is introduced >monthly. And once again several grade levels are using the same >materials and books to teach the strategies during guided reading. How >do you handle this situation? I believe that each year we should be >"digging a little deeper" while teaching the strategies, not reteaching >something that the kids learned the year before. How can we change this >practice....we have to make our teaching better for our students if we >want to help them become successful readers. Thank you. Angela Hatley Almond Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School _______________________________________________ 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.
