John Cook, Nebraska's legendary volleyball coach, says, "It's all about the reps. All about the reps." The question remains which reps. I would contend that a VB practice would include putting skills together that really shouldn't have been taken apart would be more valuable than reps of (1) running to the net, (2) at the net, jumping up with hand extended, (3) from a jumping position, kill the ball. You teach all the individual skills THAT ARE NECESSARY IN THE LONG TERM to be successful. Those simply aren't isolated skills in any authentic reading task. An example of poor reps to do to succeed in the short term, but fail in the long term, would be running pall mall across the court no matter what position you're playing to return the ball even if it forces other players to disengage from plans. It's nice maybe, it looks like the girl is "hustling," but it creates some very bad habits, even though it's real flashy up front.
Another favorite quote, "If you don't really know where you want to go, how will you know when you get there?" Leaders in education today seem to fail when it comes to panorama views. Sometimes you just have to change your viewer. I also like, “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” That's great to think about when we assess the daylights out of everyone." On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:52 PM, <rascal...@aol.com> wrote: > My point exactly! > Ali > > > In a message dated 5/25/2012 7:46:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > soozq55...@aol.com writes: > > I'm sure if they wanted better basketball players, they would have the > kids shoot a million baskets each day. What are people thinking? What > about > kids that have no support at home? And they will wonder why the gap keeps > getting bigger? Ugh! > > Sue Moore > > > On May 25, 2012, at 6:53 PM, rascal...@aol.com wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau _______________________________________________ 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
