There is ABSOLUTELY a difference between the "script" that Lori talks about below and the scripts in DI programs! Lori - you are SO right!! Your example makes me think of a "mind script" - most, if not all of us, need to see something in action before we can replicate it ourselves. That's what I think Lori is talking about here. That's not a script - that's an example, a model. That's what we are expected to do for our students and that's what we need for ourselves. After this thorough two week long modeling session that Lori does for her teachers they are then able to go off and try it themselves - they follow the model NOT the script - and she comes back to check with them - using the Gradual Release of Responsibility with teachers! They make it their own and because they're not following a script they don't miss what their kids do!!! They are more aware and present in the moment with their students. I love what you've written here and I will keep it in a safe place :-) Carrie
-----Original Message----- From: Ljackson [mailto:ljack...@gwtc.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:08 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] scripts and thinking I think what Debbie may be saying is that a script may somehow apprentice a teacher to better practice and techniques. I see some worth in this belief. Getting non-traditionally certified folks started with guided reading, I typically model for one week--sharing very, very detailed lesson plans which could be called scripts, I suppose. Then we write a set of these kinds of plans together--sometimes for a few weeks, amidst much talk of the children, their needs and the educational possibilities for the books in front of us. I do see this as apprenticeship--a means of getting started. The difference is, I go away. Granted I come back from time to time, but my goal is to refine practice rather than to define practice, working within the guidelines established by our district for balanced literacy instruction. The little books we use offer us many possibilities for focus in instruction, according to student need. The same story could be used instructionally to teacher text previewing, fluency, sentence structure and could indicate many possibilities for contextualized word study. Until these scripted programs come with a 'choose your own ending' option, I am just not sure it is fair to say that they will ensure the best literacy education possible for every student. The person most responsible for that has to be the classroom teacher. Lori Jackson ----- Original message ----- From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa <elwaingor...@cbe.ab.ca> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] scripts and thinking > Debbie, > And, whose idea is this learning "to teach the right way" that these DI scripts spouse? There is no right way to teach. There are philosophies which then guide our teaching practices. The teaching practices in DI programs are clearly scripted so that there is minimal out of the box thinking and everyone is on the same step at the same time (philosophy). There is no regard for different size thinking, rather there is disregard for the messy life of the classroom. > Elisa > > Elisa Waingort > Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual > Dalhousie Elementary > Calgary, Canada > > The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. > -Helen Keller > > Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. > http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ > > > Scripts make sure we "learn to teach the right way" so that we can then incorporate those techniques and make them our own. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
