Jennifer, thank for this long and thoughtful response, and thanks to Cathy and Nancy and Beverlee for helping me remember that we don't just model for our kiddos.
First off, I like the people I work with--I hope I didn't sound disparaging. It's just that for years I've been touting MOT (and have even done some training) and they love what they see in my room-they love the IDEA--but there's not much transfer (to their rooms). History: my little district really invested several years in MOT--Ellin Keene even spoke to us for a morning and quite a few teachers were sent to Colorado for training. But then, alas, along came the politician's "program" and only a few of us held onto MOT (at times with the tips of our fingernails). Now the "program" is waning and I'm desperately trying to remind my colleagues of the wondrous thinking that comes from real reading. I think I need to take Jennifer's marvelous advice and work within our collaborative model. I need to think of some ways to make it easier for others to buy in. In my dreams I work in a school where every classroom works on comprehension strategies during reading before moving onto a true writer's workshop. Ahhhhh. Never say die, Judy _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
