Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
I don't consider this rambling. I think these stories are important. I think they should be posted on Facebook, shared with parents, other teachers, family members, the community. They should be written as letters to the editor of local and national papers, and included as blog comments when applicable. The idea that if a child can read, he/she can pass the science portion of the CA Standards test is absolutely ludicrous. No matter how language literate you are, that is not going to help you discuss the water cycle, make decisions about the Periodic Table of Elements, etc. And while I'm at it, who in their right mind decided that the Periodic Table of Elements was good fifth grade material? I personally never heard of the periodic table until I was in high school, and I seem to have functioned pretty well all my life. I am retired now, but I think it is just a matter of time before some teacher with actual backbone stands up and sues their school district for evaluating them on something they were forced to do. And I will cheer on that day. Renee On May 27, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Gail wrote: Last year a professor of Sociology came to a meeting of teachers at my school to discuss implementing Restorative Justice Circles with our students. During the discussion it was put forth that just as children are bullied, so are teachers and so are administrators--including superintendents of school districts. I never thought of our situation as the result of our being bullied. Furthermore last year our DAIT (intervention specialists) team instructed our district to not teach science at all in grades K-5. Their rationale was that we needed to focus on English language development and reading. They said if the 5th grade students could read, then they would pass the science portion of the CA Standards Test. This year we were told that the 5th grade science portion is 20% of our total CST score. I know I'm rambling, but this is a ridiculous game. "Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people." ~ William Butler Yeats ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
This is amazing...we have been reading Touching Spirit Bear and this is certainly a parallel. kris On May 27, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Gail wrote: Last year a professor of Sociology came to a meeting of teachers at my school to discuss implementing Restorative Justice Circles with our students. During the discussion it was put forth that just as children are bullied, so are teachers and so are administrators-- including superintendents of school districts. I never thought of our situation as the result of our being bullied. Furthermore last year our DAIT (intervention specialists) team instructed our district to not teach science at all in grades K-5. Their rationale was that we needed to focus on English language development and reading. They said if the 5th grade students could read, then they would pass the science portion of the CA Standards Test. This year we were told that the 5th grade science portion is 20% of our total CST score. I know I'm rambling, but this is a ridiculous game. - Original Message - From: "Susan Chicvara" > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you are a rare breed these days. In their heart of hearts, most administrators feel this way, I'm sure. However, they are being compelled by the 'Higher ups" and state/ federal mandates (mandates that are created by people who have never taught.) THANK YOU for being one who dares to do the right thing! "Palmer, Jennifer" 5/25/2012 11:13 PM 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" 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 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 g
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
Maybe we need to write a best-selling trilogy -- something along the lines of The Hunger Games. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Gail wrote: > Last year a professor of Sociology came to a meeting of teachers at my > school to discuss implementing Restorative Justice Circles with our > students. During the discussion it was put forth that just as children are > bullied, so are teachers and so are administrators--including > superintendents of school districts. I never thought of our situation as > the result of our being bullied. Furthermore last year our DAIT > (intervention specialists) team instructed our district to not teach > science at all in grades K-5. Their rationale was that we needed to focus > on English language development and reading. They said if the 5th grade > students could read, then they would pass the science portion of the CA > Standards Test. This year we were told that the 5th grade science portion > is 20% of our total CST score. I know I'm rambling, but this is a > ridiculous game. > - Original Message - From: "Susan Chicvara" < > chicvar...@kalamazoo.k12.mi.**us > > > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" < > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and > Choice R eading In Class > > > Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you are a rare breed these days. >> In their heart of hearts, most administrators feel this way, I'm sure. >> However, they are being compelled by the 'Higher ups" and state/federal >> mandates (mandates that are created by people who have never taught.) >> THANK YOU for being one who dares to do the right thing! >> >> "Palmer, Jennifer" 5/25/2012 11:13 PM >>>>> >>>>> 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" >> 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 >>> >> 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<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org> >> >>> >>>> Search the MOSAIC archives at >>>> http://snipurl.com/**MosaicArchive<http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive> >>>>
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
Last year a professor of Sociology came to a meeting of teachers at my school to discuss implementing Restorative Justice Circles with our students. During the discussion it was put forth that just as children are bullied, so are teachers and so are administrators--including superintendents of school districts. I never thought of our situation as the result of our being bullied. Furthermore last year our DAIT (intervention specialists) team instructed our district to not teach science at all in grades K-5. Their rationale was that we needed to focus on English language development and reading. They said if the 5th grade students could read, then they would pass the science portion of the CA Standards Test. This year we were told that the 5th grade science portion is 20% of our total CST score. I know I'm rambling, but this is a ridiculous game. - Original Message - From: "Susan Chicvara" To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you are a rare breed these days. In their heart of hearts, most administrators feel this way, I'm sure. However, they are being compelled by the 'Higher ups" and state/federal mandates (mandates that are created by people who have never taught.) THANK YOU for being one who dares to do the right thing! "Palmer, Jennifer" 5/25/2012 11:13 PM 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" 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 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 __
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
Congratulations, Jennifer! Sadly, you are a rare breed these days. In their heart of hearts, most administrators feel this way, I'm sure. However, they are being compelled by the 'Higher ups" and state/federal mandates (mandates that are created by people who have never taught.) THANK YOU for being one who dares to do the right thing! >>> "Palmer, Jennifer" 5/25/2012 11:13 PM >>> 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" 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 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
This is a GREAT QUOTE! Thanks. >>> Beverlee Paul 5/25/2012 10:56 PM >>> OH, man! Now you've inspired me to get out the really big guns!! According to Garrieson Keillor: “When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word.” Garrison Keillor On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM, wrote: > > > Thank you Ali! Just close your door and do what you know is absolutely > best practice for our countries children! Administrators who have no > background in teaching do what they are told, because they are told. Many > do not know what they are doing. Let your children read!!! Let them > read what they choose to! Read the Book Whisperer. > > Eileen > > ( who feels your pain in N.M) > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "norma baker" > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students > andChoice Reading In Class > > 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 > > ___ > 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 ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
5/26/12 NH I read the book while taking a graduate course (the title caught my eyes/brain) it wasn't required. Another student in the class read it like a sponge and used it in her research work and is probably using it still with 7-8 graders. I thought it was a wonderful book and totally agre with the philosophy. I applaud teachers trying to create the same climate in their classrooms despite Ads. saying otherwise. jsweatt-->NH On 5/26/12, Renee wrote: > I wish all the Ali's in the nation could simply close their doors and > do what's best for kids, but when there are 14 unannounced observations > per quarter where the teacher's very livelihood depends on whether > she/he is doing exactly what it says on a piece of paper she/he turned > in a week earlier, this is easier said than done. > > An administrator who says you can't do conferencing because "they need > direct instruction" is beyond stupid. What is more direct than an > individual conference? So I would write in my lesson plans > "individualized direct instruction - specific skills as needed" and > "fluency practice" (the rest of the class) and go from there. Then, if > an administrator came in while I was conferencing, I could say that I > was doing direct instruction. > > I fear for my future, when these children will be running the world. > Renee > > > On May 25, 2012, at 5:14 PM, kinder...@comcast.net wrote: > >> >> >> Thank you Ali! Just close your door and do what you know is absolutely >> best practice for our countries children! Administrators who have no >> background in teaching do what they are told, because they are told. >> Many do not know what they are doing. Let your children read!!! >> Let them read what they choose to! Read the Book >> Whisperer. >> >> Eileen >> >> ( who feels your pain in N.M) >> >> >> >> - Original Message - >> >> >> From: "norma baker" >> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students >> andChoice Reading In Class >> >> 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 >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> > "The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can asks his > pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he > inspires them to ask which he finds hard to answer." > ~ Alice Wellington Rollins > > > > ___ > 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
I wish all the Ali's in the nation could simply close their doors and do what's best for kids, but when there are 14 unannounced observations per quarter where the teacher's very livelihood depends on whether she/he is doing exactly what it says on a piece of paper she/he turned in a week earlier, this is easier said than done. An administrator who says you can't do conferencing because "they need direct instruction" is beyond stupid. What is more direct than an individual conference? So I would write in my lesson plans "individualized direct instruction - specific skills as needed" and "fluency practice" (the rest of the class) and go from there. Then, if an administrator came in while I was conferencing, I could say that I was doing direct instruction. I fear for my future, when these children will be running the world. Renee On May 25, 2012, at 5:14 PM, kinder...@comcast.net wrote: Thank you Ali! Just close your door and do what you know is absolutely best practice for our countries children! Administrators who have no background in teaching do what they are told, because they are told. Many do not know what they are doing. Let your children read!!! Let them read what they choose to! Read the Book Whisperer. Eileen ( who feels your pain in N.M) - Original Message - From: "norma baker" To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students andChoice Reading In Class 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 ___ 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 "The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can asks his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask which he finds hard to answer." ~ Alice Wellington Rollins ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
Yeah, it used to be a lot more far-fetched and funny, didn't it? Sent from my iPad On May 26, 2012, at 3:00 AM, "norma baker" wrote: > I'll have to reread that one. It's been ages!!! > > We need to have a giant mandated administrator-read of *Aunt Chip and the > Triple Creek Dam Affair* huh? > > > > >> > > > > > > 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 > The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4fc0475d52e571b85bbcst01duc > ___ > 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
I'll have to reread that one. It's been ages!!! We need to have a giant mandated administrator-read of *Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair* huh? > 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4fc0475d52e571b85bbcst01duc ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
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" 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 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 >> >> > > > -- > "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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
And it's such a loss to lose you from the classrooms and teachers you worked with. Five years ago I would have been heartbroken to know you changed positions. Today, I'm thrilled. Why? Because when you take all teaching decision-making away from the teachers and put it into the hands of administrators, we have got to provide our very best teachers to the administrative field or we'll get what we ask for, just by default. So...thank you. Oh, I'd love to work in your schools. I've always wondered if I got misplaced and should have been born on the east coast. Actually my grandfather came to Nebraska on the train from New York during the depression with 2 sets of clothes and a trunk full of books to teach in a 1-room school with 43 students.df And I'm not so sure but his 43 were easier to teach than what we face today. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Palmer, Jennifer wrote: > 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" > 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 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > "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 > > -- "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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
OH, man! Now you've inspired me to get out the really big guns!! According to Garrieson Keillor: “When the country goes temporarily to the dogs, cats must learn to be circumspect, walk on fences, sleep in trees, and have faith that all this woofing is not the last word.” Garrison Keillor On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM, wrote: > > > Thank you Ali! Just close your door and do what you know is absolutely > best practice for our countries children! Administrators who have no > background in teaching do what they are told, because they are told. Many > do not know what they are doing. Let your children read!!! Let them > read what they choose to! Read the Book Whisperer. > > Eileen > > ( who feels your pain in N.M) > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "norma baker" > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students > andChoice Reading In Class > > 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 > > ___ > 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
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 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 > > -- "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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
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
Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class
Thank you Ali! Just close your door and do what you know is absolutely best practice for our countries children! Administrators who have no background in teaching do what they are told, because they are told. Many do not know what they are doing. Let your children read!!! Let them read what they choose to! Read the Book Whisperer. Eileen ( who feels your pain in N.M) - Original Message - From: "norma baker" To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students and Choice R eading In Class 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 ___ 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
