I know! It's very frustrating. Parents (and two of mine are high school math teachers) are really trying to get rid of Investigations (what I've seen I actually kind of like). They cite their current students not knowing their facts or algorithms...but, um, their current kids didn't have Investigations. They had the "old" curriculum (Scott Foresman) and if they don't know math, that's the culprit, not what we're doing now. If my kids don't know what they need to know when they get to 9th grade, then I'll understand. But nothing I'm doing with my kids leads me to believe they won't know their facts by 9th grade. (in fact, the first month of 4th grade is ONLY multiplication! and we circle back twice in later units.)
Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO "Be the change you want to see in the world" -Ghandi ----- Original Message ---- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:33:18 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] H & M Readin well, yes, that's all they want them to know now - but wait until the kids can't understand math at higher levels when they'll claim they wanted their kids to be taught math all along On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Kristin Mitchell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We just started using it, but Investigations seems to be doing just that. > In fact, we're in deep water with our parents because we are teaching the > concepts of math, not just the algorithms (which, it turns out, all our > parents want their kids to know...). > > Kristin Mitchell/4th/CO > "Be the change you want to see in the world" > -Ghandi > > _______________________________________________ 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.
