Susan said I do not have a problem withthe students getting extra help but I do worry about the impact on the restof the class. In a non-title school with no interventionist and no mathspecialist or reading specialist this is a logistical nightmare. You have described my school and the way it is kept from being a logistical nightmare is simply to say that a good teacher will provide , not more time with the student, but more intensive targeted instruction within the classroom. Sounds wonderful huh? So people are desperately picking targets...um...let's improve their reading of multi-syllabic words. Not all the RtI kids need it, but it sounds good, is perhaps doable, and voila a little assessment in 3 weeks shows that they're better on that skill, so the committee says "Yeah you fixed them" This brand of RtI is clearly not an improvement of the system. I deeply believe you must have a reading and math specialist and more time. I have to believe in my heart of hearts that eventually that will happen...the kids so need it. _________________________________________________________________ Introducing Live Search cashback . It's search that pays you back! http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=introsrchcashback _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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