The school that my friend works at restructured so that EVERY student has a "support" class of some type in the morning. They have this class for about 50 min. The students who need math support go to math support, the ones who need Lang. Arts go there, and I think others have different types of classes that are more like electives. But there could be all different types of support if you wanted to do it that way: science support, history support, etc.
Then, they have their regular 4 block day: 1 English, 1 Math, 1 Elective, 1 Science/History (every other day) I like this model since they don't pull kids out of electives. The last school I worked at, I taught the 8th grade English support, and this took the place of the student's elective, unfortunately. The school I am currently at is the same: it takes the place of an elective. And I think the kids do suffer when they have no electives. Although, at my last school some students wanted my support class because they didn't like any of the electives we had. We didn't have very many at all. On 3/12/07, Cheryl FORD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone share their school's model for reading/language arts > remediation? We tried something new this year and need to make some changes > for next year. I'd like to know what models other schools use for > remediation? We are trying to get away from pulling out of electives to > remediate. > Cheryl Ford > Saluda Trail Middle School > Rock Hill, SC > > Cheryl Ford > Saluda Trail Middle School > > "Treat people as if they are what they ought to be, > and you will help them to become what they are capable of being." --Goethe > > _______________________________________________ > 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 . > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ 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. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
