No, but the high school does. They move at a faster pace and often use more difficult texts that challenge the students. My son was in such a class and he liked it because they had very rich discussions and he felt he wasn't waiting for others -he liked the pace.
I have never taught leveled reading classes -only leveled groups. I liked that the higher students had rich discussion points that were tossed into the whole group and gave everyone something to think about. A lot of "I never thought of it like that" from the low students. It helped their thinking process grow. Jan On 11/10/09 12:47 PM, "reading" <readingwritingliter...@gmail.com> wrote: > The school where I teach performs very well on state standardized tests. In > reading I believe the scores are well above 90%. This is my first year > teaching 7th grade and the first year of a newly developed "advanced" > literature class which I am teaching. I'm struggling with how to make the > class "advanced". And now we are supposed to present to the > board.Theoretically, I don't like the concept of the class. I don't think my > philosphy of teaching meshes well with leveled reading classes. I wanted to > hear others opinions. Does your middle school have advanced classes? > _______________________________________________ > 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.
