I am a reading coach in a Title 1 school. We had a Reading Recovery teacher, who has left due to her husbands illness. She made a huge difference. The only way we are going to reach every child is to meet their specific needs. Granted most children learn fine in a whole group setting such as the classroom, others need small group and intervention. However, some children do need more. Is there any one who, aside from the $$$ signs, disagrees. Yes, it is more economical for a teacher to teach 30 students at the time.... But what is best for the student? If we are honest, we would have to agree, one on one sometimes is the answer. We have a school full of students who are on grade level and even above due to a energetic, awesome, Reading Recovery teacher, who believed in the program. If you don't believe in what you are doing, It probably won't work anyway.
Lisa Rease Original Message: ----------------- From: Barghini, Gina [email protected] Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:53:45 -0600 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery I would be really interested in hearing how your schedule works seeing so many children and providing 1:1 reading recovery services. I am also trained and also received small literacy training in Arkansas. I just returned from a RTI training and the presenter was not advocating 1:1 services and since moving to MT funding is different and I am no longer able to service children using either program. Please share more how you are able to serve so many. Thanks. From: Jeanne Crider [mailto:[email protected]] To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:20:29 -0600 Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery > I am a Reading Recovery teacher. Do you really think that helping the most > struggling 1st graders is a waste of money? Do you think that these > students would make greater gains being in a small group or remaining in the > > classroom alone? Children in Reading Recovery have a program specifically > designed for them. It looks at their strengths and builds on them. In the > classroom, teachers don't have time to focus on one child with such > intensity. They don't have the time to spend helping the child learn in the > > way that is best for them. Classroom teachers have too many other kids who > each have their own needs. Untangling the most confused 1st graders is > certainly worth it in my opinion. By the way, I see more students in a day > than any of the first grade classroom teachers have in their classroom. I > work hard each and every day to meet the needs of my students. I'm sorry > you had a bad experience. I guess it was a good idea that you left if you > don't believe in the philosophy. Maybe you should examine your own teaching > > if the 3 students made no gains in your 2nd grade classroom. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susanne Lee" <[email protected]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:01 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery > > > I did reading recovery for one year. I agree, it is a very expensive program > > to serve just a few children. We did find gains, but I also noticed that > when they went to 2nd grade (I went to 2nd grade also), they did plateau. In > > fact, last year, I had 3 of my reading recovery kids and none of them gained > > a reading level during the year. I didn't believe in the philosophy of the > program and that is why I left after one year. I also felt in the second > half of the year when i did reading recovery, I was more of a special ed > teacher than anything else. I am not a huge advocate of the program, as you > can see........ > > --- On Wed, 9/23/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Reading Recovery > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 8:10 PM > > > > We have two reading recovery teachers. Many of us feel that they do not > service enough kids. > Meeting kids one on one is not the best use of man power for our needy > school, > > We find that many of the kids that are exited plateau in 2nd grade. > > ---- Hillary Marchel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What are your feelings about Reading Recovery? Thanks, I know your > > > all busy. 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