I'm hearing what your're saying, Renee. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
-----Original Message----- From: Renee <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:55:35 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<[email protected]>; Dave Middlebrook<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency Thanks, Dave. I always seem to land on my feet. One of my former principals once told me that I have spirit. I have to say that at this point, I just want to be able to pay the bills and survive. Schools are not what they used to be, and I feel little connection these days with colleagues or schools or administrators or the profession itself. I'm ready to get out, and yet.... not. I need to do *something* but am not sure what that something is. Renee On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:31 AM, Dave Middlebrook wrote: > Hi Renee, > > This is rough news. And eight of 'em in ten years? Now your email > address makes sense to me! > > I'm don't doubt that you'll be back on your feet soon. In the mean > time, I'm sending you a song -- or at least the reference. I'm sure > you know it: Johnny Nash's "I can see clearly now." Hum a few bars. > Is has gotten me through a lot. > > Nothing but blue skies! > > - Dave > > Dave Middlebrook > The Textmapping Project > A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills > instruction. > www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! > USA: (609) 771-1781 > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renee" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension > Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:31 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency > > >> Twenty-five teachers received RIF notices in my district. All but two >> of them were permanent staff. I am not even included in that twenty- >> five because my art program was a temporary position, and yes, I >> received a "pink slip" letter also, as did the four other people in >> the district who were in temporary positions. That makes thirty. This >> is in a district with only four schools, total: three elementary >> schools and one middle school. >> >> This is my eight pink slip in ten years (one of those years I did not >> have a teaching position at all). I could wallpaper the bathroom with >> them. I keep asking for them to be actually pink, but they are all >> official on ivory-colored paper with the district logo on the corner. >> >> My biggest beef at the moment is the specific wording of my pink >> slip, which I dislike; I am going to ask the superintendent to issue >> another one to me with kinder wording. I've known him for enough >> years (he was actually my principal for three years in the district >> next door) that I feel comfortable doing so. >> >> California is an utter, disastrous mess. The state could save >> millions of dollars a year by just eliminating the high school exit >> exam, a fact which Stephen Krashen has been very eloquently >> submitting to newspapers all over the state, and probably more >> millions by eliminating second grade testing, which is not even >> required by NCLB. >> >> Yes, I got a pink slip. >> >> Renee >> >> >> >> On Mar 20, 2010, at 1:11 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Oh no! Renee, I thought you were talking about a figurative pink >>> slip!! You didn't really get a. pink slip, did you? Please say no. >>> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Renee <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:06:42 >>> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email >>> Group<[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >>> >>> Yes, I am in Northern California. >>> >>> >>> On Mar 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Mary Ann Walker wrote: >>> >>>> Oh Renee, I'm really sorry to hear about your pink slip. >>>> >>>> Are you in California? >>>> >>>> Mary Ann >>>> Cy-Fair ISD >>>> Houston, TX >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renee" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:49 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >>>> >>>> >>>>> If I had tenure, I would do a lot of things. >>>>> >>>>> Renee .... waving another pink slip in the air..... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 14, 2010, at 11:17 AM, jan sanders wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Renee, if you had the tenure, you could send back an email >>>>>> stating the fact about the lack of problem solving and that you >>>>>> were wondering what was going to be used to fill in that void. >>>>>> For anyone not familiar with Saxon -they literally tell the >>>>>> student what to do. I piloted in 4th grade and the directions >>>>>> would tell the student what to do -no thinking there... One day >>>>>> (long division) the directions said use the LSD method on this >>>>>> problem. I had to laugh! LSD!!!!!! Of course LSD was an >>>>>> acronym for procedures used in the algorithm. Anyone remember >>>>>> Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother? Divide, Multiply, Subtract, >>>>>> Bring down. >>>>>> Saxon is a very rote program. >>>>>> Jan >>>>>> "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about >>>>>> learning how to dance in the rain." BJ Gallagher >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>>> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:40 -0800 >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Fluency >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I agree with Nancy. I am so sick and tired of the "supported by >>>>>>> research" claim that I could scream. One of my principals sent >>>>>>> out an >>>>>>> email a few weeks ago with a link and an article that showed >>>>>>> research >>>>>>> about student achievement with Saxon math. ick. So I read it, >>>>>>> and it >>>>>>> referred basically to test scores AND also mentioned that Saxon >>>>>>> math >>>>>>> did not do well in problem-solving, which was better addressed >>>>>>> with a >>>>>>> different program that was studied. I think it was three or four >>>>>>> math >>>>>>> programs that were compared, and maybe it was Everyday Math that >>>>>>> was >>>>>>> better at problem-solving, but please don't quote me. Anyway, the >>>>>>> point is that it truly is like a game of telephone. Perfect >>>>>>> analogy, >>>>>>> Nancy. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Renee >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:22 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In a message dated 3/10/2010 11:59:22 P.M. Eastern Standard >>>>>>>> Time, >>>>>>>> [email protected] writes: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Could you give me a reference for that research? >>>>>>>> So I'm behind on email, but don't see a response. I find often >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> something that is supposedly "supported by lots of research," is >>>>>>>> kind of like the >>>>>>>> telephone game. Everyone has heard that there is, but no one >>>>>>>> quite can >>>>>>>> pinpoint it. Just the fact that people say there is research >>>>>>>> makes >>>>>>>> it so? I >>>>>>>> agree with Maureen. I have seen a lot of evidence that often >>>>>>>> students who read >>>>>>>> slowly and methodically with prosidy, rereading and thinking >>>>>>>> carefully, >>>>>>>> are way better at comprehension than those who are trying to >>>>>>>> beat >>>>>>>> the egg >>>>>>>> timer. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Nancy >>>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "If you choose the quick and easy path, you will become an agent >>>>> of evil." >>>>> ~Yoda >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist >>> once he grows up." >>> Pablo Picasso >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> "The cure for boredom is curiosity. 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