Ellen Andresen
Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:15:38 -0700
After using the Toolkit for two years, I think teachers can use any reading material to teach the strategies. For me, the problem was understanding exactly what should be taught, how to teach it, how to assess student learning. Bottom line, teacher education! Ellen Andresen
> From: Bonita DeAmicis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Special Chat List for STW2 <stw2chat@literacyworkshop.org> > Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:51:57 -0700 > To: Special Chat List for STW2 <stw2chat@literacyworkshop.org> > Subject: Re: [STW2Chat] [StwChat] STW 2 versus 1? > > >> 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.