You are absolutely correct. The child is first your responsibility as a teacher then the specialist adds to your instruction. We must work as a team to increase the struggling student's learning potential!!
Dianne Krueger Hartland North Elementary Grade 2 262-369-6710 ext. 1522 "I cannot live without books," Thomas Jefferson Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> writes: >We had arguments about this, and I lost until a new teacher came in and >supported me. Frankly, if a student is 2 or more years- even less, >frankly - >then they really do need to sacrifice music, or art, or another >special for >extra reading instruction, and stay in the regular class for regular >reading >instruction. Before I got that extra vote in the faculty meetings, the >remedial kids were getting pulled out of their regular classes to meet >with >me...so they were getting exactly the same amount of instruction as >everyone >else. That's not the idea. They should be participating in reading and >writing workshop, and then going to the specialist to target their weak >areas - in phonics, using context clues, and so on. > >Good luck! > >-- >Amy Lesemann, Reading Specialist and Director, Independent Learning >Center >St. Thomas the Apostle Elementary School >_______________________________________________ >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
