Thanks so much!
--- On Thu, 7/17/08, ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: ljackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIT] curriculum advice needed > To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. [EMAIL > PROTECTED]," <[email protected]> > Cc: "Lori Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 7:42 AM > Read Anderson's books on grammar and editing. Focus on > the top twenty. And > if it is not specifically tested on, and you don't > think it matters, LET IT > GO. Our state standards give no guidance to teachers for > support in terms > of teaching grammar, spelling, vocabulary, etc. We wrote > our own. Our > teachers have only 55 minutes to do it all, so we > concentrated on what we > think matters. I will forward this to my school email and > send you what we > have drafted and will be using this year. > > Lori > > > On 7/17/08 7:33 AM, "Stephanie Griffis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, everyone! I lurk more than I post, but I need > some advice. My department > > is working on our Language Arts curriculum. It was > written ten years ago to > > our state standards, but it needs updating. Yesterday > we got into a > > discussion about the teaching of grammar, which is > always a hot button topic. > > One major issue another teacher and I have is that the > way our curriculum is > > written now we are supposed to teach sentence > patterns--transitive, > > intransitive, and linking verb constructions. She and > I want this gone; we > > don't see how it helps students with anything (no > one is ever going to say, > > "This paragraph would be much more interesting if > you used more transitive > > verb sentences!") The curriculum coordinator > thinks it should stay in. What > > are your thoughts? If there are valid reasons for it > to stay, I'd love to > > know what they are. > > > > Thanks! > > Stef > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 57555 > > http:www.tcsdk12.org > ph. 605.856.2211 > > > Literacies for All Summer Institute > July 17-20. 2008 > Tucson, Arizona > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
