Amen! Sorry, but I just had to say that. Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 3, 2011, at 8:36 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I agree with Cranky oops I mean Renee. When will the powers that be learn > that life is not scripted? There is no canned scripted program that is ever > going to be completely successful. What happened to teaching children to be > independent thinkers which includes life lessons about making appropriate > choices and taking responsibility for ones own actions? What happened to > spontaneity and teachable moments? Some of the best learning that I have > ever witnessed was seizing that precious moment in time and building > something > long lasting with it. So Renee if you are cranky then I guess I am the > grouch! > > > In a message dated 10/3/2011 7:44:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > On Oct 3, 2011, at 2:21 PM, Suzanne Goebert wrote: > >> In my District they want us to use the gradual release model but >> they also want us to tell the children (I teach Gr.2) when we are >> changing to the next phase. They want to hear in our lessons that >> we are saying I do, we do together, and you do alone. That way the >> children will know what their job is. > > Does your district think children do not know "what their job is" > when you say to them "ok you're going to work in a group now" or > "this one you are doing by yourself"? > >> My question is...Do most of you use the words to signal your >> children to change to the next phase? Or do you just make sure that >> your lessons have all of the phases?? > > no on both counts > > I am not one who believes that *every lesson* needs to include a > prescribed list of certain components decided by somebody who isn't > even in my classroom. > > In fact, I think this is silliness. Sounds like a scripted version of > a gradual release model, which is not supposed to be a checklist but > an overall way of doing things. > > Call me cranky. > > Renee > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
