Ali/FL
I am in NC and in the county that I teach in and in my particular school guided
reading (in small groups) is a must. You target teaching prompts and
discussions based on the good things you see/hear readers do and teaching
strategies that you see that would help students in areas that were observed
during the reading portion. We also have a word work time where you work with
students using analolgy charts, making words, sound boxes, or sound sorts. We
follow the Jan Richardson to fidelity.
Lindy/NC
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Subject: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice
Reading In Class
I'm not sure why I'm posting this, other than I'm searching for some
company in my despair. Or possibly you can lead me to some ways to deal with
this situation.
Today, as we were closing up school for the year, we were discussing next
year's kids and administration wanted to know "how we were going to group
them." (That in and of itself always bothers me). However the statement
that truly sent me spinning, was in regard to giving the students individual
reading time within class. My administrator flat out told me (and my team),
" We do not give the students time to read in class. You must be working
with the students in small groups and they should be engaged in 'targeted
skills" not reading." Of course my response was, "How do we expect our
students to become better readers if we don't give them time to read (of course
teaching them "how" to read)?" She simply said, "They have to do that at
home." Close of discussion.
No one else on my "team" said anything...they just agreed with her.
My heart sank. I am so disappointed in the direction our education system
is taking us in my state and county. It's all about the pass rate on the
test and looking at data. My students are so much more than data!
Ugh! I'm sure you can all relate and have stories very similar to mine.
I'm just disheartened. :-(
Ali/FL
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