I cannot offer you research, but I have seen this sort of implementation fall very short of expectation. Even when the para pros have the very best of intentions, it is rather like sending the cancer patient to the P.A. and sending those with clean bills of health to an oncologist at Mayo. In what world does this make any sense at all?
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:56:25 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Okay I'll try to start something! > > This year our principal has opted to send our weakest > students to a room w/ three teacher's assistants. Prior to > this, the highest students were sent while classroom tchrs > worked w/lowest five students (30 min.daily). I am > strongly opposed to this move. With a reading specialist > degree, and nat. board candidate in literacy, I know that > the at-risk students need me, their classroom teacher. I > have a vested interest in their learning and I know about > their interests and learning styles. I certainly have > studied the field of education, esp. reading more that than > the tchr aides. I will say their classroom offers a nice > variety of materials (that look as new today as they did > five years ago). > Anyway, I need research regarding the importance of at- > risk, weak learners benefiting from instruction from their > teacher rather than a teacher's assistant. > Thank you, Ashley > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Cathleen Cunningham <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I few weeks ago I wrote to everyone about my situation during my reading >> block. Short story . . . we were >> told that the students shouldn't be just reading during the reading block, >> they should be working at their >> station, etc. So I lexile leveled ALL of my books (over 500), gave the >> students their level, and a journal. >> Told then if they have a book THEY BETTER HAVE THEIR JOURNALS! Anyway my >> question is this... first I love journaling with the kids! I have a few >> due >> each day and just write a >> little but my question is . .. should I chat with them about their grammar, >> puncuation, etc? Sometimes >> I want to take my purple pen and make the corrections. So who journals >> with >> their kids . .. ? Do you >> make corrections? I've been really impressed with their responses to their >> books. >> >> Thanks for your help! >> Cathleen >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Kelley Dean > _______________________________________________ > 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.
