In a message dated 5/22/2007 8:07:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've been teaching a pretty long time. It seems curious to me that in > the early 90s, nobody "practiced fluency" and nobody tested it either, > yet we managed to have children learn to read, talk about what they had > read, write book reports and essays about books they had read, etc. Just to continue this thread. We need to look at the date. Children have not been making strong literacy gains since the 1950s. The research is there and clearly shows this. The amount of children in this country that are illiterate is staggering. The number of children who do not read on grade level by the end of 4th grade is also shocking. We can't say that in the 90s children learned to read better with the methods we were using. That may be true in one small portion of the population, but not for the entire country. I agree that we should not throw out the baby with the bath water which many times we do in education. What all the research proves matters MOST to children is the TEACHER they have NOT the program or method. What works for all children is having a teacher that knows what they need and is able to deliver the instruction using whatever method works for that child. Laura ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.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.
