It is so interesting how schools differ. Frog and Toad has always been a first grade text here in my district...BUT it was always done as one of the last stories of the year so I guess that is almost second grade. Jennifer Maryland In a message dated 3/12/2007 8:24:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Not too many years ago, when I was teaching in a multiage primary classroom, the Frog and Toad books were standard second grade fare. It is very sad how everything is getting pushed down in a frenzy of the search for "rigor".... as though pushing everything to a lower grade will somehow result in higher achievement. At its very basic level of logic, that doesn't even make sense, except to those who define learning as something you give to someone else. I just can't go there. Renee <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ 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.
