Hi Linda, We bought the entire program, including manipulatives, test prep materials, texts, teacher materials in that box they tout so well. We're just finishing the 1st unit (I teach 4th grade), and we have all been scrambling to find materials more on our students levels. There is no scaffolding, no attempt to connect one level to the next, no patterning. I wonder how much the people who wrote this program understood about how children learned. I was one of the teachers who piloted it last year (from April to June - some pilot), and found major mathematical errors in the text. The district went ahead anyway and now we're stuck with it. Myra
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008 5:53 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] (Mosaic) H & M To: [email protected] > Myra, > > I know this is off topic from reading, but we are using > Envisions, too. You are talking about the Scott Foresman > Envisions, right? It is very difficult to understand and you > are right, it doesn't give kids time to understand. What pieces > do you use? You can e-mail me offline. > Thanks, > Linda > > > Myra wrote: > Investigations is still out there (formerly TERC), but my > district in its > infinite wisdom, threw that out for enVisions. This is a program > that is based > on pacing for the NYS test, not in the children understanding > any concept or > seeing contections through patterning or anything. It's awful. > I'm pulling from > Investigations every chance I get! > Myra > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
