I would also agree. I teach in a fairly large district (9 elementary schools) where we've adopted a packaged program for balanced literacy. It's not perfect but a good start. The older teachers want a step by step scripted curriculum with a workbook which teaches skills not strategies. It is the younger teachers who have continued to do research, further their education and read professionally that understand what needs to be done. I even have a colleague that displays worksheets on her classroom bulletin board!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help Oh wow. I see absolutely the opposite! Most of the newer teachers I see were at least trained in kid-watching. I see older teachers who want a manual and step by step scripted curriculum. Or want to continue the books and worksheets they have used for 15 or 20 years! In fact, I just had a conference with my own daugher's teacher. My daughter is left handed. The room only had right hand desks. I wanted it changed. The teacher said no one has ever had a problem in 20 years. Really? Or she never noticed? -----Original Message----- From: Renee <[email protected]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 7:30 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] title 1 reading - help I absolutely agree! I am concerned that it seems that newer/younger teachers are less and less able to rely on their own observations, and that it seems the norm to instantly look for a program of some kind, rather than cultivate the knowledge and observational skills necessary for good kid-watching. And once again, this is not a criticism of newer/younger teachers... it is a criticism of the system and their trainers. 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
