Haven't wrapped my mind around the renaming yet... but admit I was confused by some of it. Hoping what while reading the rest of the book, the rationale for new names will become clear. Love the charts. ?
Cathy DE K-5 -----Original Message----- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 5:35 pm Subject: Re: [Understand] Chapter 2 JENNIFER; What is it Peter posted??? "Good is the enemy of great, great is the enemy of possible and possible is what we should be shooting for" We have writer's workshop in my district but not reader's workshop and so the strategies are all taught in a more traditional model of whole group-small group lessons with SSR time and conferences built in. I would love to see us go to this studio model as it would build in more reading time and individual attention for kids. I wonder if we are caught up in 'good' and need to consider what is 'possible' when we think about how we structure our literacy time. RESPONSE: It's funny but probably true how any given "state" can be both positive and negative, just as can readers workshop, etceteras. If I'm thinking of naming/change catalyst etceteras, it reminds me of an adage which seems to fit right into this whole mix. I have no idea who said it and I'm sure I won't say it as well, but here goes: Change is thrilling and exciting when we do it, but is terrifying when it is done unto us. Implicit in some of the discussion so far is that change is good for many of us (even though we don't always reach far enough toward the "possible"), but sometimes we wonder how to encourage others to think deeply enough. Maybe a name would do it. Maybe it's not that big a deal. Maybe this is a deeper issue than it originally appears and we really need to delve into our own and each other's thinking. What's in a name? After all, a rose.... But, from strategy-naming to structure-naming, we have a cautionary tale to remind us of the importance of names. How many of us have to have our whole-language tattoos scraped off? :-) What an unfortunate, but profound, consequence of a name which noone could have predicted to be so open to misrepresentation. So, even though, I understand this particular naming, I'm less naive than I once was. Names. . . . Wish I were a poet. This would be a great concept for a poem. :-) Thoughtfully, Bev _________________________________________________________________ Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_getintouch_042008 _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
