I have to agree that I don't love the schoolwide materials. My district adopted them with essentially no professional development on the workshop model, so it's not at all useful for teachers who don't already know that. The books, however, are excellent exemplars -- I'll be using them even as I find ways to work around the units.
Rachel in Washington, DC On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:13 AM, Palmer, Jennifer <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes. We've used them and are abandoning them. Teachers felt they didn't > allow a lot of actual writing ... Too much time spent talking about > writing... And not enough time actually writing > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 10, 2014, at 11:15 PM, "Hillary Marchel" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > I want to thank you all for taking the time to reply and for the > valuable information, recommendations, and mostly for your honestly. It was > so kind of you! We are also looking at "schoolwide" writing units. Has > anyone heard of it or is someone out there using this program? Again, I > would appreciate any information you can share, Make it a great week, > Hillary > > > > Hillary Marchel > > Reading Specialist > > Reading Recovery Teacher > > Hawthorn Elementary North > > [email protected] > > > > > > > >>> Good Morning, I've been diving into Units of Study for Writing by > Lucy. As you > >>> know Lucy is very verbose. Lots to go through. My first questions is, > if you are > >>> using LC Units of Study, do you like it or not like it and why? Second > question, > >>> can any one out there describe the Unit of Study workshop they have > implemented > >>> in their school in 100 words or less? ( just kidding about the 100 > words) Thank > >>> you all for your help, and have a fun Super Ball Week-end. Hillary M. > >>> Hillary Marchel > >>> Reading Specialist > >>> Reading Recovery Teacher > >>> Hawthorn Elementary North > >>> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
