Tuesday, March 13, 2012
#1 Teaching Literacy
During lunch is when the Early Elementary teachers (1 Kindergarten teacher, 2 First Grade Teachers and 1 Second Grade teacher) discuss, topics and issues, share and socialize. Currently we are deciding and discussing what Literacy Program our school should purchase for next year. A representative from SRA Open Court came and spoke with us which allowed us to ask questions to determine if the program she was promoting would fit our Core Knowledge needs. Our major literacy concerns, which reflects our philosophy, is if the program would be challenging enough, has good pacing and also promotes a sound writing curriculum. There is also a need for the SRA program to align with Core Knowledge, Commom Core Standards as well as Colorado State Standards at the appropriate grade level.
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I agree that we need a good writing curriculum that should tie with the literacy core if a program is being used. Especially for younger children that need to have scaffolding concepts.
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