Great selling of the book talk. I was deliberating whether to purchase
this...and after reading everyone's comments I bought it today!! It would be
wonderful as a PD staff training session or just a reference handbook. If
anyone would like a better insider's view,
www. Amazon.com sells the
I taught in 70's and used the Sullivan phonics program. An awful
self-correcting workbook where the kids filled in the missing letters to
complete sentences like I am a man The man has a pan.
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In response to Katie's question about sight word retention in kindergarten:
?Not all children might be developmentally ready for sight word identification.
However Patricia Cuningham's word wall approach could be effective.?The words
are cut out in their configuration.? The teacher talks about
Your principal's idea about grouping almost reminds me of the bluejays,sparrows
and crows from the fifties. Flex grouping is to be exactly that-flexible. By
grouping kids in separate classes you are setting and lowering the bar
of?expectations for all of?them and they will live up to your
Our school system uses the Collins type writing program.? A type 1
(brainstorming) response can help you evaluate what kids know as well as give
everyone a chance. Here is how it goes: you pose a question and students? jot
down on paper as many ideas that they can gather in a short time-??(
