"A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 3:20 PM -0500 wrote: >Bill, this sounds very interesting. We focus on essential questions in >our >school and we've been trying to make the questions less teacher directed >- I >think your method would work very well. I just have one question about >the >voting. Does the class vote on a theme that they will all study or do >different groups study different themes?
Hi! Last year, most all the units were full class. After poetry, for the penultimate unit of the year, they did split up into four separate groups. They voted by paper ballot, so I knew what each kid wanted, and with this particular voting pattern it seemed best to allow them to split up just that once. We'll see how it happens this year. Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org.
