Judy, We also use Open Court, but my staff is learning to teach comprehension strategies explicitly using Tanny McGregor's book, Comprehension Connections. We had a book study after school for 8 weeks starting April 10th. We did a chapter a week and our 1 hour sessions consisted of a short discussion and a make-it-and-take-it session. The teachers immediately tried the activities they learned using the materials they had constructed. The feedback: the students enjoyed the activities and the teachers felt they were effective. They will be using their materials next year and our principal is purchasing more copies of Tanny's book so that each teacher will have his/her own copy. Fidility to the core program is part of Tier 1 of RTI, but it is possible to weave MOT practices into anthologies that are a given.
JEANNE DE -------------- Original message from "Judy Mazur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > Carol asks, "Which brings me to my question. What is the answer to > administrators who believe that the boxed Reading Program is the answer? We > are a high performing school but administrators seem crazed at the lack of > "consistency". How can we convince administrators that Ellin's model can > meet the need for a "research based reading program"? Is it possible?" > > Unfortunately, I don't have a response, but I'd like to further complicate > the query. What about administrators who are smart and savvy and recognize > the brilliance of Keene's work but do not encourage whole-school > implementation? We are an above-average-performing school and our kids did > well when our whole district "adopted" MOT comprehension strategies. Then > California regressed to Houghton Mifflin/Open Court and all our good work > vanished. A few of us continued, but it's hard to work alone. At least now > I have a partner who teaches comprehension strategies with me, but I can't > even get her to read To Understand. Honestly, I haven't been able to get > ONE person to read it with me. It's easy to convince my principal of the > ideal, but there's just no support--and that makes it hard. I can only wave > the banner so long. > Judy > (judy3ca) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
