I have used Rigby materials for over 20 years. I might be able to give you some info if you could elaborate a bit about what they meant as far as requiring too much.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Mon, 1 Sep > 2008 19:29:49 -0500> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Small Group Instruction> > Does > anyone have any experience with Rigby's reading program? It was> piloted in > our district last year, but teachers thought it required too much> on their > part.> > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED] Behalf Of Renee> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 6:04 PM> To: > Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] > Small Group Instruction> > > This is true in my little corner of the world as > well.... to an extent.> I say "to an extent" because frankly I haven't seen a > whole heck of a> lot of evidence of instruction that is out of the box. > Interestingly,> a good number of teachers "teach to the program" and the > district chose> Saxon Math for the second time in a row (ick ick ick ick) but > as far as> I know nobody's neck is breathed down and I know at least one > teacher> who says she didn't use it before and won't use it now. Plus, in > more> than one conversation with my principal last year we discussed> > "fidelity to the program" vs "fidelity to the standards" and "fidelity> to > the students" but with all that..... there is a rubric for teacher> > evaluations, and in that rubric, teachers supposedly get a higher score> if > they supplement programs appropriately vs sticking to the program.> So go > figure.> > Renee> > > On Sep 1, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Beverlee Paul wrote:> > > > Okay, I'm going to have to reply to my reply because I read my reply> > :-) > and it's unclear the way I wrote it--my reply :-). I mean that I> > have the > survivor's guilt because IN MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD we> > still have > professional judgment and can use it, for however pitifully> > long we can > hold out.> >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>> > >> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:26:31 -0600> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Small> >> > Group Instruction> > I'm starting to have a hard time continuing to> >> read > these list serves I've been reading this summer. I feel so badly> >> for so > many of you. If we have anything left to save in public> >> education by the > time this "phase" is through, I'll be surprised. At> >> a time when new > thinking is pushing into the profession, the> >> teachers' hands are > increasingly tied and they are unable to use the> >> new knowledge. I'm > having enormous difficulty remaining hopeful> >> listening to your trials; I > can't imagine how you must feel. I am so,> >> so sorry this is what has > happened to probably nearly all of us. I> >> think I also have a little > "survivor's guilt" because if we just> >> ignore the RtI-ers, we are able to > teach in the way we see is best> >> for our kids. :-(> > > _________________________________________________________________> > Talk to > your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how.> > > http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?> > > ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008> > > _______________________________________________> > 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.> >> >> "We the People of the United States, > in Order to form a more perfect> Union, establish Justice, insure domestic > Tranquility, provide for the> common defence, promote the general Welfare, > and secure the Blessings> of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do > ordain and establish this> Constitution for the United States of America."> > > > > _______________________________________________> 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Get ideas on sharing photos from people like you. Find new ways to share. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/photogallery/posts?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Photo_Gallery_082008 _______________________________________________ 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.
