I disagree. I am an older teacher. I detest basals. Several of my colleagues feel the same way. We favor the reader/writers workshop. Our district forces us to use a basal, but we have found ways to incorporate lit circles which we believe fosters reading. The young teachers in our district want the laid out plan.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Felicia Barra <fcbsm...@optonline.net>wrote: > I would also agree. I teach in a fairly large district (9 elementary > schools) where we've adopted a packaged program for balanced literacy. > It's > not perfect but a good start. The older teachers want a step by step > scripted curriculum with a workbook which teaches skills not strategies. > It > is the younger teachers who have continued to do research, further their > education and read professionally that understand what needs to be done. I > even have a colleague that displays worksheets on her classroom bulletin > board! > > -----Original Message----- > From: mosaic-bounces+fcbsmom3=optonline....@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:mosaic-bounces+fcbsmom3=optonline....@literacyworkshop.org] On > Behalf Of kmuppe...@aol.com > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:07 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help > > Oh wow. I see absolutely the opposite! Most of the newer teachers I > see were at least trained in kid-watching. I see older teachers who > want a manual and step by step scripted curriculum. Or want to > continue the books and worksheets they have used for 15 or 20 years! > In fact, I just had a conference with my own daugher's teacher. My > daughter is left handed. The room only had right hand desks. I wanted > it changed. The teacher said no one has ever had a problem in 20 > years. Really? Or she never noticed? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Renee <phoenix...@sbcglobal.net> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 7:30 pm > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help > > > I absolutely agree! I am concerned that it seems that newer/younger > teachers are less and less able to rely on their own observations, > and that it seems the norm to instantly look for a program of some > kind, rather than cultivate the knowledge and observational skills > necessary for good kid-watching. And once again, this is not a > criticism of newer/younger teachers... it is a criticism of the > system and their trainers. > > Renee > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
