Marketers making decisions educators would simply never be unethical enough to make.
I guess one of the most sickening is Reading Mastery's language and writing program. Bears no resemblance to writing instruction. Of course, Corrective Reading's Comprehension instruction does not allow/require children to read anything and that's what they do for a semester. Their eyes never see words!! I guess we can't keep people from using our "words" (such as metacognition) incorrectly or our concepts (such as writers' workshop) incorrectly, but by golly it's libelous to portray something as "endorsed/written/cooperatively created" by a person when they wouldn't recognize them if they walked in the door. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Mary Manges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems this is a new trend to sell textbooks. Our district looked at > several reading series last year before going with MacMillan, which > thankfully I don't have to use. All of the major companies used some > popular "buzz term" to sell. Scott Foresman claimed their writing was a > "Writing Workshop". As a devoted follower of writing workshop I wanted to > puke. It is theoretically as far from writing workshop as you can get. > Nancie Atwell would have a stroke if she saw it. Another company used QtA > and QAR, which in my opinion were antithetical also. Another used Isabel > Beck's Robust Vocabulary as their major selling point. > Sickening! > \ > Mary in PA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ellin Keene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:22 AM > Subject: [MOSAIC] Houghton Mifflin > > > > Greetings! > > > > I think it's extremely important to clarify what you all must already > > know. > > . . Speaking only for myself, I have never consulted with nor advised > > Houghton Mifflin or any other basal series publisher on any aspect of > > their > > programs. I have found that the traditional scope and sequence provided > > in > > such programs is NOT conducive to in-depth study of the comprehension > > strategies and may actually serve to confuse children because the "pacing > > guide" suggests moving to a new strategy far too soon-really before > > children > > have learned the language surrounding the strategy. It's confusing > > because > > they don't know which strategy they're learning and what language goes > > with > > which strategy. Please feel free to share my statement with anyone who > > may > > need clarification on this point. > > > > > > > > Very best to you all, > > > > ellin keene > > > > > > > > Dear Colleagues: > > > > I was at a presentation where a Literacy Coach made this statement " > > > > Houghton Mifflin is based on the work of Ellin Keene and Stephanie > Harvey. > > I > > > > was so taken back that I did not respond. Several of us present did > > exchange > > > > looks of surprise. What is the collective response to this statement? > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > Jeanette Hayden > > > > Anchorage School District > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
