Sometimes (okay more than sometimes) I wonder what administrators are
thinking! Most of them at one time or other have been in the classroom.
DId they not notice how kids learn? Didn't they notice that there was
never a time that one strategy or approach met the needs of all kids?
How can they think that a basal could address all issues to all kids?
If they really do think that wouldn't that mean that everyone learns
the same way?? Lucky for me I have a great principal who realizes kids
and teachers as individuals. She supports whatever strides we take to
reach each child. We need to make clones of her and ship them around
the country! :)
Sue
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Sent: Fri, Jul 9, 2010 9:33 pm
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I have loved reading your descriptions of teaching reading. I love you
all for
your honesty and your firm belief that children learn to read by
reading. I
often wonder why the world accepts that swimmers and ballerinas and
mechanics
learn through practice.
I marvel at you all as teachers of reading (and I admit that PatK
brought tears
to my eyes--I am awed by your experience and your early expertise). I
am a slug
compared to you all. I taught reading the way I was told for years.
Then I read
Mosaic of Thought and became a real teacher. I hooted and hollered all
the way
through the book. I nodded constantly as I read and I made my dear
husband
listen as I read to him (and he is not a teacher). The first time I
heard Ellin
Keene speak, I listened so intensely that she approached me (in an
audience of
100+) and asked if she knew me. When my California district knuckled
under to
politicians and told us to teach Houghton Mifflin "with fidelity" (this
after
sending people to Colorado to work with Keene), I knew better. I
finally knew
better. I used some of the HM selections to teach comprehension
strategies in
3rd grade. Last year, in 5th grade, we opened HM one week to read the
poetry. I
am now proud of my literacy instruction.
Judy
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