LOL! You reap what you sow. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. —Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ Just a note about the importance of teaching children that writing is about finding their voice not about being "stepford writers". http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/sfl-palm-schools-writing-p072309,0,4537166.story Palm Beach, Broward county fourth-graders produce "template writing" on FCAT State Department of Education identifies 12 schools in Palm Beach and nine in Broward where fourth-graders produce "template writing" on FCAT By Marc Freeman South Florida Sun Sentinel PALM BEACH COUNTY - The same phrases kept appearing on FCAT essays by numerous fourth-graders in Palm Beach, Broward and 10 other county school districts: "I ran as fast as wild fire," "Poof!", "In the blink of an eye," and "Now you can clearly see" are just a few of the common word choices noticed by scorers this year. It's not cheating, but the state Department of Education is warning that in the future there may be consequences for schools where students produce "template writing." "It's merely a heads up" that schools should review teaching practices so students submit original work on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, said Kelsey Lehtomaa, deputy press secretary for the department. Twelve elementary schools in Palm Beach County and nine in Broward were cited for the improper practice of students using rehearsed or contrived phrases. But no scores were invalidated, as officials have not yet determined consequences for schools where template writing is found. Philomena Mari naccio-Eckel, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University Dept. of Teaching and Learning College of Education 2912 College Ave. ES 214 Davie, FL 33314 Phone: 954-236-1070 Fax: 954-236-1050
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