There and Back Again.
In this chapter, Donalyn describes in detail her entry into the teaching
profession. We've all had those first experiences teaching reading. Many
books about teaching begin with a story about the author's first classroom
experiences. These experiences
This is the edited list for Michigan!
unqualified administrators (i.e., leadership training but no teaching
experience)
overcrowded classes in too small classrooms
teacher apathy
using test scores as teacher evaluation
poor staff morale
closing of hundreds of schools
thousands of teacher
I'm glad we began our book discussions this summer with this book. It is an
easy read, and pushes me to reflect on my practice. As I read this chapter, I
was drawn back to my first days of teaching. We all have a story about our
first year. In fact, there have been many teachers who
Pretty much the same in FL!
Philomena Marinaccio-Eckel, Ph.D.
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College of Education
2912 College Ave. ES 214
Davie, FL 33314
Phone: 954-236-1070
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-Original Message-
From: Ann
1) What were your first experiences as a teacher of reading? Discuss the
students, and situations, you encountered.
I started teaching 1st grade in 1985. I was given a basal reading
series and 3 reading groups, already assigned to homogeneous grouping,
based on Kindergarten
Good Morning Fellow Teacher Learners,
I whisked through the Book Whisperer in an afternoon and loved it. Now I'll
have to go back and read each chapter in order to keep up with the discussion.
And as Donalyn said, the book may serve to validate what you're already doing -
it does, and much
Our list is once again on emergency moderation due to a member hacked email
account sending out spam (I intercepted before it was posted). When I see
this it usually is followed by an increase in this sort of detestable
activity.
I just want to caution people about hacked email accounts. This
Suzanne,
You bring up an important point. The reason many of us fall into the trap of
making activities to go with the book is to have something to show the kids
got it. We also want a product to put in a portfolio to demonstrate to
administrators that the children did indeed do the work.
I didn't realize that other states were as bad as the conditions in Florida.
Except add for us--the lowest per pupil expenditure in the whole country.
It really is demoralizing to be a teacher in today's schools. Good thing I
love the kiddos or I wouldn't have been teaching for 36 years.
I've been teaching for 33 years and I'd have to say that despite cuts etc.
it is better than it was when I started here in Texas. I'm also really
grateful to have a job that I love.
Laura
- Original Message -
From: debhold...@aol.com
To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org
Sent: Tuesday,
This is very helpful. I actually have about 25 minutes the students
give up their play time after lunch and I just cut my lunch short.
The only piece that the intervention people wanted added was
handwriting practice and actually they had a phonics/decoding piece.
The program they used
This data is interesting. Large states with high cost of living and high ELL
enrollment are compared.
http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/articles/article.asp?title=california%20comparison
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] What's hot in California?
I didn't realize that
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