What is backward planning? Carol/4th/IA
---------------------- Original Message: --------------------- From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LIT] building background knowledge...and Caroline Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 02:30:42 +0000 > This is pretty much what we do in my district. We have the standards and the > last super brought the workshop model to everyone. Unfortunately, the WAY he > implemented it was awful so it left many teachers hating all of it (instead > of being able to sort out good teaching from bad implementation) So, I think > starting next year we will be strongly encouraged to use the textbook. Which > for me, is NOT a welcome change, but I guess for many it is. > > Of course, I will continue to encourage teachers to use backwards planning > and to use workshop and to use trade books, etc. (I'm a literacy coach at a > middle school now). > > On 7/5/07, Caroline Mooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > we don't have a curriculum either. when i first started teaching, 2 years > > ago, the principal handed me a set of standards and told me to teach them. > > we have a text book and a lot of material to go with the book, but our > > reading dept. doesn't use them, except on rare occassion, like when we want > > to have a shared text. > > > > dalton public schools embrased UbD, Understanding by Design. We now have > > our own in house trainers, and every teacher must go through the program at > > some point. We create our own units and use trade books for teaching. our > > middle school just implemented a book room, hundreds of books (sets of 6 > > each) from level S to Z. Actually, we got a lot of lower level books as > > well. You can look up backwards design, understanding by design on google, > > and it's an interesting read. you might also google literacy collaborative, > > a reading/writing holistic type workshop that mirrors the work done by > > fountas and pinnel, nanci atwell and lucy calkins. > > > > i like the idea of not having a curriculum; there's so much freedom > > because we dont' have big money tied up in a package program. then, of > > course, you could argue that our standards are the curriculum, and this is > > pretty much true. the single most important thing for my students is for > > them to read. using trade books makes them real world readers, and they know > > it. all year long, students hear brief lessons about reading, and then they > > read. > > > > i'm wondering this: do most of the school systems you all work for use a > > specific program, or are you makiing up your own curriculum like we are at > > dps? > > > > lynn, email me anytime at [EMAIL PROTECTED] i'd love to hear about your > > progress. > > > > caroline > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
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