Hi Bev! There are a lot of reasons why I didn't like RR. One reason, maybe it wasn't my "time" to do it. I missed too many things in the classroom. It got really boring for me reading with only one child. I missed the whole class lessons in reading and writing workshop. I love teaching the reading strategies and I really missed that. I did love seeing the "light" go off in a child's eyes and thinking, wow, I really helped them. Another reason, we were constantly in conflict with the 1st grade teachers. We would tell them the child was reading at say level 10 and they were saying they couldn;t get him past level 6. Granted we were working one on one with them so they would be reading higher, but shouldn't that carry over to the classroom??? I always wondered about that. They were always questioning what we were doing. It just wasn't pleasant working with the teachers. Another reason were my teacher leaders. Not good personalities to work with. I won't say I will never do RR again. Perhaps in a few years when I am really over the classroom........ I could share more, but it is Friday night and it has been a long week with our flooding situation here in the south................. --- On Thu, 9/24/09, Beverlee Paul <beverleep...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Beverlee Paul <beverleep...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:47 PM Susanne, I'm very curious. Which part or parts of the program did you not believe in? On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Susanne Lee <susannelee...@yahoo.com>wrote: > I did reading recovery for one year. I agree, it is a very expensive > program to serve just a few children. We did find gains, but I also > noticed that when they went to 2nd grade (I went to 2nd grade also), they > did plateau. In fact, last year, I had 3 of my reading recovery kids and > none of them gained a reading level during the year. I didn't believe in > the philosophy of the program and that is why I left after one year. I > also felt in the second half of the year when i did reading recovery, I was > more of a special ed teacher than anything else. I am not a huge advocate > of the program, as you can see........ > > --- On Wed, 9/23/09, swalte...@san.rr.com <swalte...@san.rr.com> wrote: > > > From: swalte...@san.rr.com <swalte...@san.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 8:10 PM > > > > We have two reading recovery teachers. Many of us feel that they do not > service enough kids. > Meeting kids one on one is not the best use of man power for our needy > school, > > We find that many of the kids that are exited plateau in 2nd grade. > > ---- Hillary Marchel <march...@hawthorn73.org> wrote: > > > What are your feelings about Reading Recovery? Thanks, I know your > > > all busy. Hillary > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
