Melissa, when you say 'spiraled' you don't mean spiraled as Saxon, do you? There's some time for teaching more deeply, right?
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Melissa Kile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We use Everyday Math county-wide, PreK-5. I used it in K for 6-7 years, and > liked it, except for the lack of lessons & practice with addition & > subtraction skills, for kids who are ready at the end of the year. > > I used it one year in 1st grade, and last year and this year in 2nd grade. > Overall, it meets most of our state standards, but it goes beyond in many > ways (counting higher, telling time in small increments than required by > the > state, teaching multiplication & division in 2nd grade). I typically only > teach the lessons that correspond to our standards. > > It is a spiraled approach, which threw some of us "older" teachers, as we > were used to teaching units of math concepts. I do like the spiraled > approach, because developmentally, kids are ready at different times for > different concepts. Also, the program teaches various strategies for > finding > sums & differences, which, for my kids, has worked, because it speaks to > different learning styles. However, even in 2nd grade, there is still very > little addition & subtraction fact practice. Also, some parents have a hard > time understanding just what it is we're doing! We have "Home Links" that > go > home with almost every lesson, and many have explanations of the "weird" > ways we do things, but I'm not sure everyone reads them. The kids just do > the work. > > I've taught K for about a hundred years, and until our county adopted EM, > we > didn't really have a program. Mostly we used what we could find to meet the > standards, as well as Math Their Way (which would tend to be > constructivist). As far as on the continuum.....not knowing a lot of other > programs... I think I'd be inclined to put it left of the halfway mark, > toward the constructivist end. I welcome any rebuttals on this!! That's > just > a guess. > > Melissa/VA/2nd > > . > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beverlee Paul > > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:17 AM > > To: Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > Subject: [MOSAIC] OFF TOPIC - math > > > > I'm sorry to post off-topic, but I need a way to start some > > considerations > > and this group is the best go-to source I know, so forgive me and I'll > > try > > not to take up too much of the group's space. I have heard some > > discussion > > about Everyday Math, Investigations, and Expressions, but haven't paid > > adequate attention. Would some of you who know something about these > > programs (or others) please take a second to briefly describe their > > opinions > > of these or other current math programs? I know it's a simplistic > > model, > > but if a person put Saxon at one end of a spectrum, and the > > constructivist > > model of math education at the other end, where would these or other > > math > > programs currently being used fit? Please feel free to reply to my > > personal > > mail if you'd like. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks so much!! > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
