we are required to use the the Basel "with fidelity". Our reading coach is supposed to make sure that we do. I did a modified Daily Five last year, but would like to do CAFE this year. I am also required to have folders with graded student work to support the grades I am supposed to put in the grade book each week. How do the rest of you deal with these requirements?
On Mon Jul 12th, 2010 12:02 PM EDT [email protected] wrote: > > Elisa, > >Exactly my point. It becomes more difficult to wean them as they feel they >don't need weaning. I've even heard teachers say they love the basal because >they don't have to plan. To do it right a school would have a Literacy Coach, >Reading Specialist, or administrator that would work with the new teachers. >It is a process that will likely take two to three years. That being said, in >this current fiscal crisis coaches and mentors are being cut. It often feels >like a lose/lose situation. > >Laura > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Waingort, Elisa <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Sent: Mon, Jul 12, 2010 9:23 am >Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Chapter 1 (Book Whisperer) > > >So, then how do you wean them off the basal? And how do teachers become > >independent and knowledgeable enough to fend off all the ridiculous mandates > >if they are not prepared to do so? > >Elisa > > > >Elisa Waingort > >Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Teacher > >Spanish Learning Leader > >Dalhousie Elementary > >Calgary, Canada > > > >The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even > >touched. They must be felt within the heart. > >‹Helen Keller > > > >The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and > >tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will > >have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its > >theories will hold water. > >-Former US Cabinet member John W. Gardner > > > >Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. > >http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > >What often > >> happens is they use the basal as a crutch and don't feel the need to deepen > >> their knowledge base because the script gives them the plans. > >> > >> Laura > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
