I don't understand why the language needs to be changed. If the
teachers
have trouble with the new language, the parents certainly will too. I
think
we need to move away from teacher trade language so that we can
involve the
whole community to improve literacy.
-----Original Message-----
From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org
[mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of
drmarinac...@aol.com
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:38 AM
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Subject: [MOSAIC] Focus on Adolescent literacy to chnage Reading
Firstfunding
Can anyone understand why Tim Shanahan doesn't want to change to
"language
structure" and "meaning in context"? Was he one of the original
authors of
National Reading Panel?
Excerpt for Ed Weekly...
Timothy Shanahan, a professor of urban education at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, said he favors the boost in funding for grades
4-12 and for school literacy programs in general. "It should mean
that more
schools could participate, which is a good thing," he said.
But he said the draft bill reflects some changes in wording from
Reading
First legislation that aren't an improvement, because the new wording
won't
be well understood by most teachers. The new wording requires K-3
programs
to provide "strategic and explicit instruction using phonological
awareness,
phonic decoding, vocabulary, language structure, and meaning in
context."
Mr. Shanahan pointed out that "language structure" and "meaning in
context"
replace the words "reading fluency" and "reading comprehension" in
Reading
First.
One of the Senate aides said the replacements were made to reflect the
latest terminology that educators are using.
But Mr. Shanahan said the terminology in Reading First would be more
familiar to and better understood by teachers.
-----Original Message-----
From: cnjpal...@aol.com
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Mon, Jun 29, 200
9 6:19 am
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Just Finished Readacide and The Reading Zone
What do
you think t...
Joy
I would love for the discussion to begin again...I could use some help
moderating though. I am teaching summer school and am taking classes
this
summer so I have a pretty full plate. I do think Ellins' book is
something
everyone should read and discussion only enriches its messages.
Jennifer
In a message dated 6/28/2009 10:15:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jwidm...@rocketmail.com writes:
You can also read the archives from our two rounds discussing it, as
Jennifer suggested. Maybe there's enough interest to go at it again?
It is
really a valuable book with great implications for the classroom, to
me even
more than Mosaic of Thought.
Joy/NC/4
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