So....where are you located? It's great to know there are some doing what is right for the kids. Your students are fortunate (and your teachers) to be under your leadership. Ali In a message dated 5/26/2012 12:08:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jennifer.pal...@hcps.org writes:
Well, come work for me in one of my schools. I still believe in student choice of reading materials, that good teachers are better than programs, and the best way to teach a child to read is to become a good observer of the child--he will show you the way he learns best. I am saddened by these stories... It is why I went into administration.... To have a little more leverage to make things right. Sent from my iPhone On May 25, 2012, at 10:49 PM, "Beverlee Paul" <beverleep...@gmail.com> wrote: > We need to have a giant mandated administrator-read of *Aunt Chip and the > Triple Creek Dam Affair* huh? > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:48 PM, norma baker <hutch1...@juno.com> wrote: > >> I hear you! Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and "programs". >> She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need "direct >> instruction". It's all very frightening. Reading Workshop and RTI are >> district initiatives and much money has been spent on them, but.......... >> they RTI disappeared this year. I'm guessing Reading Workshop will go next >> year! Maybe we should write the next novel about the future with >> non-readers because of all this nonsense! lol An old man once said, >> "There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and >> people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. >> Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, >> pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. >> Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living." >> >> >> 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 >> ____________________________________________________________ >> 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 >> The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4fc01acd589ea1b561ccst05duc >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > ý"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 > _______________________________________________ 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