In a message dated 2/9/2007 5:41:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But the thing that sticks with me most about your post is that you are doing these fluency checks weekly. Let's see.... 20 students.... 5 minutes per students (the test itself plus all the transition time and notetaking).... that's 100 minutes a week that you are not teaching. How do you feel about this? I would be interested in knowing what strategies you can get from your literacy coach. Renee I must test each student that is below level grade, for me that is 9 students. One of whom I just test on sight words because he is ESL and hasn't mastered them all yet. I forgot to mention I am supposed to l have each student read the passage three times and then take the best reading for documentation purposes. Yes, I MUST do this weekly, it is not optional. I am not sure if this is politically correct or not but I think my students would make more progress if they were being taught on their reading level, not their grade level. What is wrong with ability grouping for reading? Yes I know that they need to hear better readers, but even within a class of "low readers" there will still be varying levels of ability. Not to mention that they hear me read to them every day. I make this analogy: If I spend my whole day in a calculus class yet I don't understand sixth grade math how am I to become a better math student? Rosie _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
