I have some thoughts, my crochety friend. We are seeing similar issues with implementing Math Investigations, which spirals through concepts and builds upon previous experience. Our teachers are struggling to trust sprialed curriculum, insistent upon immediate mastery and supplementing with drill, drill, drill. The results, our kids aren't doing well and very few classrooms made it through more than three investigations. How can we be sure if it truly MI that is failing our kids, as many teachers who would like to go back to rote memorization and worksheets in long supply, or is a comibnation of a failure to implement the curriculum in combination with a lack of deep mathematical understandings as a teacher?
Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach and Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 5755 ----- Original message ----- From: Renee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Date: 2008, 03, Saturday Of May 08:38 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] suzanne & everyday math > I have to make a comment here. If a teacher thinks a program "moves too > quickly" then why is that teacher not slowing down and supplementing > where supplementing is due? In my mind, this is a ridiculous criticism > of a program..... any program. Programs do not teach students. Teachers > teach students. Do people not learn any more how to actually teach? > > Renee.... who is feeling crotchety this morning. > > On May 3, 2008, at 3:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Suzanne- just a quick note on Everyday Math-you can email me off list > > if you > > want for more. Our district started using this program about 6 years > > ago- > > I've been here 3 years- and one thing I've noticed as an intervention > > teacher > > is this is the first district where we have more kids in intervention > > math > > classes than reading! The teachers complain the program moves too > > quickly and is > > too heavily based on reading skills. It does try to use real life > > problems, > > but the computation aspect of it just flies by and the slower kids > > never seem > > to catch up. I haven't heard any of our 2-5 teachers say they like > > the > > program...hope this helps in some way. > > Michelle 2-5 reading ais ny > > > "Holding a grudge is like eating rat poison and then > waiting for the rat to die." ~ Anne Lamott > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
