Wendy,
I know for me and my district, it will depend on how much your principal want
you to follow the program, or if he/she will let you improvise a little.
Really, it can be done. I teach Open Court and in our training we were told
that the books were not meant to be "mastered" by the students, but more to be
used as a vehicle to teach the strategies. And there it is!! You use them to
teach the strategies and have the reading workshop or add whatever else is
important to you. We were told that we couldn't really do ALL the pages in the
workbook, so use the workbooks to guide your instruction and teach the concepts
the way you want to. The kids can always do the worksheets for homework it you
feel pressure to use the wbks. Does that make sense? This is basically what I
do. The only problem I have with OC is that is jumps around when teaching the
strategies. I make sure I teach one or two strategies for about 3-4 weeks.
Unfortunately, that was the hardest part.
Debbie
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