Doesn't Richard Allington have a book with "struggling readers" in the title? I know one of our previous principals said that the most qualified teachers should work w/ our struggling learners, and he said it was research-based. Sorry I don't know more details.
Melissa/VA/2nd On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:56 PM, kelley dean <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
