I just got Lucy Calkins book today. I'm not a big fan of hers, but I
will read the book word for word.
I understand that CCSS is about what to teach, but when I (sometimes)
don't understand what the standard means, I'm not sure what to teach.
I'm also not sure how exacting the standards will be.
What does PARCC stand for?
Jan
Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]>:
Have you read Lucy Calkins book Pathways to the Common Core? I got a
lot of my
questions answered by reading it. Common Core is not a how-to manual... It's
what to teach- not how to teach it. Calkins keeps it real-- and
research based.
A great read for perspective-- common core has some good aspects-- in
fact the
only area I'm worried about is text complexity-- but Calkins does a
great job in
explaining how good teachers should think about that. ( as always-- it's the
tests that are worrisome--still waiting on the PARCC...)
The standard you quoted is more about analysis and less about the
Bible. We want
our students to analyze cultural references in current texts and consider how
the author uses/changes/adjusts material to make his or her point.
By common law-- you can teach about religion in public schools-- but
you can't
proselytize... You can't try to convert kids to a religion. Kids are
a captive
audience and we as teachers are agents of the state-- which is why
the supreme
court does not allow us to lead prayer in school. its like the state
forcing a
religion on kids. I don't want to get into whether or not prayer should or
should not be allowed--I am just explaining how I understand Supreme Court
rulings on this issue dictate what we can or cant do. Basically, you
can share
religious texts... Even engage in close reading of them... But you
are treating
them as a cultural artifact in the school setting.
Jennifer
On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:11 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> I'd love a conversation about the Common Core State Standards. I cannot
figure out how I am supposed to understand what the standards mean without
seeing sample test questions. The standards seem extremely
challenging to me.
> For example, one of the 8th grade standards for literature is
> Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of
events, or
character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works
such as the
Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new.
> How modern is "modern'? I really fear the Bible part. Whose
Bible? What am
I allowed to say about the Bible in a public school? All the "or's" in the
sentence make me think I'm supposed to pick what to emphasize, but I don't
believe that's true.
> Where do I look to find someone who can answer my questions?
> Jan
>
>
> Quoting "Palmer, Jennifer" <[email protected]>:
>> We've been quiet... As we often are in early summer. Who wants to
get things
>> started?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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