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Hillary Marchel Reading Specialist Reading Recovery Teacher Hawthorn Elementary North [email protected] On Jun 25, 2013, at 5:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I just got Lucy Calkins book today. I'm not a big fan of hers, but I will > read the book word for word. > I understand that CCSS is about what to teach, but when I (sometimes) don't > understand what the standard means, I'm not sure what to teach. I'm also not > sure how exacting the standards will be. > What does PARCC stand for? > Jan > > > Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]>: >> Have you read Lucy Calkins book Pathways to the Common Core? I got a lot of >> my >> questions answered by reading it. Common Core is not a how-to manual... It's >> what to teach- not how to teach it. Calkins keeps it real-- and research >> based. A great read for perspective-- common core has some good aspects-- in >> fact the >> only area I'm worried about is text complexity-- but Calkins does a great >> job in >> explaining how good teachers should think about that. ( as always-- it's the >> tests that are worrisome--still waiting on the PARCC...) >> >> The standard you quoted is more about analysis and less about the Bible. We >> want >> our students to analyze cultural references in current texts and consider how >> the author uses/changes/adjusts material to make his or her point. >> By common law-- you can teach about religion in public schools-- but you >> can't >> proselytize... You can't try to convert kids to a religion. Kids are a >> captive >> audience and we as teachers are agents of the state-- which is why the >> supreme >> court does not allow us to lead prayer in school. its like the state forcing >> a >> religion on kids. I don't want to get into whether or not prayer should or >> should not be allowed--I am just explaining how I understand Supreme Court >> rulings on this issue dictate what we can or cant do. Basically, you can >> share >> religious texts... Even engage in close reading of them... But you are >> treating >> them as a cultural artifact in the school setting. >> Jennifer >> >> On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:11 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > I'd love a conversation about the Common Core State Standards. I cannot >> figure out how I am supposed to understand what the standards mean without >> seeing sample test questions. The standards seem extremely challenging to >> me. > For example, one of the 8th grade standards for literature is >> > Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, >> > or >> character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as >> the >> Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. > How modern >> is "modern'? I really fear the Bible part. Whose Bible? What am >> I allowed to say about the Bible in a public school? All the "or's" in the >> sentence make me think I'm supposed to pick what to emphasize, but I don't >> believe that's true. > Where do I look to find someone who can answer my >> questions? >> > Jan >> > >> > >> > Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]>: >> >> We've been quiet... As we often are in early summer. Who wants to get >> >> things >> >> started? >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
