While I had a similar cranky reaction at first, I am rethinking this. Seriously. If gradual release is an effective way to teach strategies, what if we enlisted kids input into the process? I could see that announcing the stage, while making kids metacognitively aware that this is a good way to learn and asking their input as to whether or not they need more modeling or guided practice before release might actually help develop independent learners.
I think many times professional developers, in an effort to give teachers a scaffold for their professional learning, say things such as this without considering how it impacts teachers professional decision making...but the underlying idea might have some merit when not taken to extreme... Jennifer Sent from my iPhone On Oct 3, 2011, at 11:49 PM, " >>> 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 >>> somethinglong 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
