They should ALL have some leveled-text supplemental books. An older Scott Foresman series has a very nice set of leveled readers, all of which cover the same specific skill at the same time. I'm sure the other programs have them available as well. Look for them with the supplemental books/resources that go with each program. Houghton Mifflin may not be being considered because of that company's buy-out from another. I'm just guessing, but I think the new company may be going to drop?? the reading component???? Or it may be under revisions to fit the new company's name, etc. Perhaps they just didn't submit a program this cycle for consideration since they were in the process of being bought. Who knows?? All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to North Carolina Public Records Law which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of ann kirker Sent: Thu 3/8/2007 8:55 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] new Basal Adoption Thank you all so much for your input. The district is only considering the three programs listed below. I do know that Open Court will not be considered. I am not sure of the reason. Macmillan McGraw Hill Treasures Harcourt Stroytime Pearson Scott Forseman Easy Street I do not know why Houghton Mifflin is not being considered either. Does anyone know if the above Basal Programs include leveled text for "Guided Reading" Groups? Thank you! Ann --- Pam Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Ann et. al., > > I am not involved with selecting a new textbook at > present, but served on many committees during the > twenty years of service at the central office in my > home county. Historically, Houghton Mifflin, > Harcourt Brace, and Macmillan/McGraw-Hill companies > have had very strong reading/literacy programs. I > have recently learned that Houghton Mifflin was > sold, so I don't know what kind of impact that will > have on their programs in the future. > Another responder mentioned Open Court and Houghton > Mifflin. I have had experience with both programs, > and HM was, by far, the better program. Open > Court's synthetic phonics was very limiting and not > especially good for learners on the lower end of the > bell-curve! Average and above students did well > with the program, as they would with any program. > But for that reason, I would not even consider it > over the other excellent programs. > > I'm sure that either of the top companies would > provide excellent, research-based resources. But > the bottom line is the expertise of the teachers > using the programs. So, look carefully at all > components and check the amount of scaffolding and > spiraling offered by the top three. You won't go > wrong with either of them. > > All email correspondence to and from this address is > subject to North Carolina Public Records Law which > may result in monitoring and disclosure to third > parties, including law enforcement. > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf > of Patricia Duszlak > Sent: Thu 3/8/2007 8:06 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies > Listserv > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] new Basal Adoption > > > > Hello Ann, > I am serving on a committee to adopt a new basal > series, probably for > next year. I also teach first grade and a reading in > the elementary > school course as an adjunct professor. I do know > that the newest > Houghton-Mifflin is considered to be an excellent > series. It has all > the necessary components of research-based five > elements of reading > instruction. The other series that is equally well > done is the > Open-Court series. I am not as familiar with the > other series, but you > can be sure that they all must be based on reading > research and the > NCLB requirements for reading by grade three! > Let me know how it is going. I will need all the > input I can get! > Thanks. > Pat > > On 3/8/07, ann kirker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I would appreciate any information you might have > on > > the following Basal Reading Programs. My district > is > > in the process of adopting a new one. > > > > MACMILLAN/MCGRAW HILL --Treasures > > > > PEARSON SCOTT FORSEMAN --Reading Street > > > > HARCOURT SCHOOL --Story Town > > > > Thank you so much! > > > > Ann > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Don't pick lemons. > > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! 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