5/26/12 NH I read the book while taking a graduate course (the title caught my eyes/brain) it wasn't required. Another student in the class read it like a sponge and used it in her research work and is probably using it still with 7-8 graders. I thought it was a wonderful book and totally agreeeee with the philosophy. I applaud teachers trying to create the same climate in their classrooms despite Ads. saying otherwise. jsweatt-->NH
On 5/26/12, Renee <[email protected]> wrote: > I wish all the Ali's in the nation could simply close their doors and > do what's best for kids, but when there are 14 unannounced observations > per quarter where the teacher's very livelihood depends on whether > she/he is doing exactly what it says on a piece of paper she/he turned > in a week earlier, this is easier said than done. > > An administrator who says you can't do conferencing because "they need > direct instruction" is beyond stupid. What is more direct than an > individual conference? So I would write in my lesson plans > "individualized direct instruction - specific skills as needed" and > "fluency practice" (the rest of the class) and go from there. Then, if > an administrator came in while I was conferencing, I could say that I > was doing direct instruction. > > I fear for my future, when these children will be running the world. > Renee > > > On May 25, 2012, at 5:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> Thank you Ali! Just close your door and do what you know is absolutely >> best practice for our countries children! Administrators who have no >> background in teaching do what they are told, because they are told. >> Many do not know what they are doing. Let your children read!!!!!!! >> Let them read what they choose to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read the Book >> Whisperer. >> >> Eileen >> >> ( who feels your pain in N.M) >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> >> From: "norma baker" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:48:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Saddened by Administration Mandate: Students >> and Choice R eading In Class >> >> I hear you! Our new principal wants to buy an anthology and >> "programs". She doesn't believe in conferencing because they need >> "direct instruction". It's all very frightening. Reading Workshop >> and RTI are district initiatives and much money has been spent on >> them, but.......... they RTI disappeared this year. I'm guessing >> Reading Workshop will go next year! Maybe we should write the next >> novel about the future with non-readers because of all this nonsense! >> lol An old man once said, "There comes a time in your life, when you >> walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround >> yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on >> the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who >> don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a >> part of life, getting back up is living." >> >> >> Ali/FL >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> ____________________________________________________________ >> 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 >> The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4fc01acd589ea1b561ccst05duc >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > "The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can asks his > pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he > inspires them to ask which he finds hard to answer." > ~ Alice Wellington Rollins > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
