carlsonca
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:40:22 -0700
Bonita, The Toolkits were purchased for all our teachrs in grades 3-6. We, too, had difficulty with the length. Teachers did as you did--broke down the lessons over time. Another problem was the material that comes with the kits; I had to "ASSIGN" certain strategies to specific grades. Teachers were supposed to keep a list of materials used, but we never had time to gather the information. This year should be interesting since teachers will be searching for materials that are different for each grade. How did you handle the material aspect of it. The teachers who used the Toolkit really liked it; when I modeled I tried to bring in other material. All teachers are supposed t use it, but I'm not sure it is being done. That's an issue that principals need to deal with. Carol
> Do you happen to have the site with the booklists? Both of my books are > at > school. Thanks. > > > I don't think the toolkit is off topic. Could be wrong, here, but I will > go > out on a limb. The Toolkit is totally cool in that the articles and > materials Harvey and Goudvis have collected are amazing and save much time > for the teacher. Plus, there is something comforting about seeing lessons > spelled out from start to finish, words said, student responses, teacher > assessment thoughts, EVERYTHING is there. I used it for the first time > last > year with one other teacher at my school. > > The one thing that was hard for us was honing the lessons down. We could > not seem to find a way to present them as minilessons. No matter how many > shortcuts we took, the lessons seemed to go on at least 45 minutes to an > hour. So STW is goign to help me to hone those toolkit lessons, I think. > I > want to use the toolkit again, but make the lessons more to the point. I > do > believe the problem was more me and less the Toolkit. Practice makes > perfect. > > :)Bonita > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://liveearth.msn.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Stw2chat mailing list > Stw2chat@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/stw2chat_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the STW2 Chat Archives at http://snipurl.com/stw2archives. > _______________________________________________ Stw2chat mailing list Stw2chat@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/stw2chat_literacyworkshop.org. Search the STW2 Chat Archives at http://snipurl.com/stw2archives.