I, too have used REWARDS for middle school kids who can read 2nd grade material
but not 4th. but our district is now telling us to use a new program, Phonics
Boost and Blitz from Really Great Reading Company. Boost is for those who need
more and Blitz is for mild decoding needs. We don't
Have you explored the Fountas Pinnell Continuum for Literacy Learning? Our
District is using it as a guide along with their Prompting Guides.
Vickie
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Conner-Righter, Mary
mrigh...@pennsvalley.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource
Mary,
First Steps out of Western Australia had great parent resources. I
don't know if that is still published in this country and whether it
has been changed over the years. The parent resource had just the
sort of description you are looking for. There were also suggestions
for parents
I second Mary's request for information concerning the actual use of F
P's continuums. I would appreciate any real research to practice
advice on this. So far, I honestly have not found their continuums as
helpful as claimed and think I must be missing something as they are
referred to
Seems to me that more specific = worse, not better.
The more specific standards are, the further away you get from overarching
concepts that tie everything together and help students make sense of the
world around them, and the closer you get to prescribing specific facts to
be taught to the
I couldn't agree with you and Marion Brady more. The Common Core forgets
(deliberately and conveniently?) that we are dealing with individual children
and not the commodity they are being made out to be. Also, make no mistake
about it, the Common Core means more testing. We need to fight it.
To make sure teachers who want your books, you can also sell your books at
reasonable prices here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sell-Items
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Here is the site I used to build all my stuff.
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/Dolch/Contents.html
also, as someone said - I use Frye once my kids have these because Frye has
more words. It's also a newer list. You can do all the same things using the
Frye list, but these DOLCH things are
I absolutely agree with both of you and Marion. That is the big flaw of the
notion of standards, especially this latest iteration of standards. It puts
our eyes on the standards and not the children we teach. Of course, as
professionals, we should have a good feel for where development takes
Did anyone look at the exemplars for middle school literature? I did. Among
the gems: Little Women (really?- my Hispanic 8th grade boys will love this
one), Tom Sawyer, Call of the Wild, Charge of the Light Brigade. Do the
creators of these standards think there hasn't been any literature worth
The other one that is really good is First Steps.
On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Conner-Righter, Mary
mrigh...@pennsvalley.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to know if anyone can recommend a resource that has a reading
development continuum and/or a writing development continuum. These would
be
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Thank you for your thoughts. I do see your point. I suppose I should say that,
although standards teaching may not be the best solution to our ongoing
struggles to educate, it is, nevertheless, here to stay. At least, till the
powers that be change their minds again!
When I say I like it, it
If money isn't really the issueI was so grateful to my colleague for
opening up her closet of books to me when she retired. The teacher whom I
replaced also left many books in the closet when she left and I've used many of
them over the years. A couple of years ago I decided I didn't need
Lucy Calkins has a personal narrative writing continuum that you can get for
free from this website:
http://www.readingandwritingproject.com/public/themes/rwproject/resources/assessments/writing/narrative_writing_continuum.pdf
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Tamara Westmoreland
Many of the districts I work in are using Fountas and Pinnell's Continuum for
Literacy Learning. Teachers are giving this resources positive reviews.
Bob
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Kaui, You actually prove my point in your reply. I hear that you defer to
the powers that be instead of trusting your own professional knowledge
about teaching and learning. I understand that you believe you have to do
this for the kids so they will pass the test. But what if the test is not
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The powers that be do not / will not change their minds until those
doing the work stop saying that things are here to stay.
My two cents.
Renee
On May 22, 2011, at 11:41 AM, kaui norton wrote:
Thank you for your thoughts. I do see your point. I suppose I
should say that, although
That's worrisome that F P have done that.
Elisa
Elisa
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Don't be so sure that they are not mandating how you are going to teach with
multiple tests driving the curriculum. We can't sit back and throw our hands up
in the air because it seems inevitable. That's how we got in this mess in the
first place. We have given up too much. It's time we took it
FP have aligned the Continuum with the Common Core.
Scroll about halfway down this website:
http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/supportingMaterials.aspx
Cathy
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What is the url for finding the exemplars for middle school literature?
Quoting Lise ite...@cybertrails.com:
Did anyone look at the exemplars for middle school literature? I did. Among
the gems: Little Women (really?- my Hispanic 8th grade boys will love this
one), Tom Sawyer, Call of the
Lise,
Thank you for bringing up these important points. There is
information out there about who is behind the Common Core and what
they stand to gain, but that's not what's carried in the mainstream
press.
This is being promoted as some way to equalize education. It
conveniently sidesteps
What is the url for finding the exemplars for middle school literature?
It's on the Common Core Standards Website
Here is the link: http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf
Lise
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alerts.
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Exactly what I was trying to get across.
Thanks, Renee.
Elisa
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Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Teacher
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Dalhousie Elementary
Calgary, Canada
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