Bonita DeAmicis
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:53:36 -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.
I wish we were looking at such a thing--whole school, but alas, I am with a very small group of interested teachers. The good news is we did not have to deal with who can use which materials from the toolkit--no one else is using it...I would suggest looking at the suggeted titles in STW since the authors suggest entirely different resources in this book--that might help a few of your grade levels out. I think STW will also help me to decrease the time I spent on toolkit lessons (whether that is by breaking the lessons into parts or just being more direct and quick about it). I am glad to learn I am not alone in my struggle to speed up the Toolkit lessons:) _______________________________________________ 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.