My instructional facilitator always says a good quality curriculum is the floor...not the ceiling. Think about Ellin's What's Essential list. If everyone works from that, every teacher our students have from K-12 will have a focus that will benefit literacy development. That's the floor...what every child needs. If the child's interests and needs draw us to teach something else...then great. One has to have a vision for what children should know and be able to do in order to make the teachable moments really work for the child. The What's Essential list does that. Jennifer **************You can't always choose whom you love, but you can choose how to find them. Start with AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000002) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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