I would consider it to be very high first grade reading, or appropriate to the beginning of second grade.
On 3/12/07 6:27 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > -- 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 "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ 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.
