I so agree! This program is the complete opposite of what the, "Book Whisperer". promotes. I was raised on SRA. Brown was the color I was stuck in. Wonder why? No discussion about what I was reading. Where was the meaning and enjoyment? Can't remember one book I ever read in elementary school other than SRA and Dick and Jane. I guess that is why I have a totally enriched classroom environment with books abound.
t----- Original Message ----- From: "Elisa Waingort" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:13:11 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Chapter 2 (Book Whisperer) Is SRA still used in schools?? I truly hope not. As someone said earlier, SRA is/was not real reading. It was a way to separate and divide kids into the haves and have nots. It is interesting that so many of us on this listserv actually enjoyed them or perhaps it was more about working at your own pace which says a lot about what we might be doing in classrooms, instead. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Teacher Spanish Learning Leader 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 The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. -Former US Cabinet member John W. Gardner Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ On 17/07/10 9:25 PM, "Tui McMillan" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been very interested to hear the various comments about SRA. I think > what we need to remember is that no 'program' stands alone and there is no > such > thing as education in a box. However, I do definitely see value in SRA as it > gives many children confidence to work independently and they can see their > progress over time. Many of the new stories at each level are interesting and > there is good support in the programme for teaching grammar, vocabulary and > spelling components explicitly. I would start by teaching my whole class to > use > it using one card at a low level and then run it as part of my reading > tumble. > Tui _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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.
