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    Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3
    Posted by: Kinder Gal on 5/21/09

    I can relate to the exhaustion. This is our first year in RF. What a
    nightmare it has been. I used to have an aide that I could depend on.
    SInce RF came, I no longer have an aide. Why? Because kindergarten is NOT
    required and my aide is needed elsewhere. How do I test my kids? I test
    them on a wing and a prayer. Wonder why my blood pressure rocketed this
    year? Wonder why I do not slee at night? Wonder why morale in our
    building is so low? Wonder why we are all at each other's shoulders? RF!

    On 5/20/09, emma wrote:
    >
    > I have a lesson plan book that I use for my Core Rdg. time which is
    > for just the whole group, 30 to 40 min. I then have Spiral notebooks
    > which I use for Small group instruction and I have to plan for 4
    > different groups. I plan for my 2 top groups who go to my
    > interventionist (she has no prep time for planning) and I plan for my
    > 2 more groups that are my more struggling kids. This is instruction
    > during the Core Small group inst. time during the 90 min. I also have
    > to have Literacy Stations planned and set up for this time and
    > differentiated for all 4 groups. I also have to do plans for my Tier
    > 2 Instruction time. I do the plans for my interventionist who takes
    > my at-risk readers and I plan for my group who are the Strategic
    > readers who are not as "at-risk". Also, during this Tier 2 30 min.
    > time I have to make sure I have Literacy stations or challenging work
    > for my "Benchmark" kids to do. Is it sounding like something from a
    > bad nightmare? Well, it is. It's ridiculous but it is required by
    > our Reading First state dept. people who then expect our principal and
    > our reading coach to come into our rooms and check and critique us all
    > year to make sure we are implementing everything we are supposed to do
    > and that we are doing it according to RF standards. This is just my
    > Reading Time!! Then I spend time planning for Spelling, Writing, and
    > Math. Our social studies and science has to come from Scholastic News
    > as that is all we have time for! We really don't have much time for
    > writing anymore which has broken my heart but since I need the job I
    > try not to complain. So can you see why we feel exhausted? We also
    > have many more meetings after school and we have to progress monitor
    > all the time. I am soooo ready for summer. I pray RF dies away
    > quickly. It's been a horrible 3 years for me. I know the kids rdg.
    > scores are better in fluency but at what cost??? I used to love
    > teaching and so much of the joy of teaching has left me. I feel
    > burned to a crisp.


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    Posts on this thread, including this one

  • Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/15/09, by Kinder Gal.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/15/09, by emma.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/16/09, by Kinder Gal.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/17/09, by :-) wait til your district demands the "math workshop model.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/17/09, by newbie.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/17/09, by Kinder Gal.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/17/09, by Kinder Gal.
  • Re: Getting to your top kids, 5/19/09, by paulaj.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/20/09, by emma.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/21/09, by Kinder Gal.
  • Re: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, 5/24/09, by Close the door and teach!.
  • Re: To "Close the Door and Teach!", 7/01/09, by emma.
  • Re: To "Close the Door and Teach!", 7/01/09, by I have to laugh.
  • Re: To "Close the Door and Teach!", 7/01/09, by Kinder Gal.
  • Re: To "Close the Door and Teach!", 7/01/09, by Teach...Oh my gosh! I taught in an "open" classroom years .
  • Re: wait til your district demands the "math workshop model wrot, 10/14/09, by ~~~~~~ ours has ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.
  • Re: wait til your district demands the "math workshop model , 10/18/09, by GO AWAY, RTI & NCLB & Dibels!!!!!!!.
  • Re: wait til your district demands the "math workshop model , 10/20/09, by Amen to that!.
  • Re: wait til your district demands the "math workshop model , 10/20/09, by Kinder Gal.

     
     

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