I am also one of very few teachers in my grade level that embrace and teach reading strategies. I keep current with best practices. Other teachers teach reading only through guided reading. i don't get it??? We have a new adoption this year that includes shared and guided reading. The teacher's guide includes lessons on strategies. It is ok. But I know several teachers who don't really use it. I can always tell the students that I get every year who have had teachers that teach reading strategies, etc........
--- On Mon, 3/29/10, Nancy Ehrlich <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nancy Ehrlich <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] literacy models To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 7:37 PM I totally feel your frustration. I am the only one at my school using Reading Workshop/Strategies approach. No one else wants to learn it. I have found that those who embrace the basals are those with the most fear and insecurity. They follow the philosophy of "I followed the prescription, so it isn't my fault if the student doesn't succeed." Also, the teacher next door to me loves the basal due to the routine. She does the same "type" of activity every week. Vocabulary on Monday, Skill of the week on Tuesday, Read the story with the class on Wednesday, etc. She loves structure. Here is the good news: the student teacher I am getting in the fall LOVES strategies. She was my student observer this winter and said everyone of her reading courses focused on Reading Strategies. Hooray!! She is so excited about the technique and can't wait to try it. NO bad habits to break. Thank goodness we have this group to discuss what matters. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Yingling <[email protected]> wrote: > As of right now, we don't have a basal and at my level we use novels. But, > that will probably change next year and it's not because of our principal. A > lot of our teachers want a basal because - I'm quoting here - it will tell > me what to do! I can't believe this! I'm getting so frustrated because I > simply think they're being lazy. I have repeatedly shared websites, > resources, and yahoogroups with them but now of them choose to use them. I > think only one other teacher in the building has even heard of MOT or > Strategies That Work. > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Is there any schools/districts who are not invested in a "program" or >> series and using a comprehensive literacy model approach finding data and >> research providing the effectiveness? I am wondering because I am in a >> school that once had a balanced literacy model implemented then when >> administration and times changed, so did the model and they went with a >> basal series to provide "continuity" which some teachers need and love and >> left others feeling hopeless. I have been looking at models again but know >> that with funding issues, implementing a model in its entirety may not be >> the most effective if it doesn't get implemented in it entirety! So, are >> there any schools that have created their own literacy frameworks and allows >> it to grow and change based on their students' needs? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- 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.
