Re: Reading adoption

Posted by Kelly on 2/23/07

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Our district has narrowed our choices to Harcourt Trophies and
MacMillan McGraw Hill. It's a hard decision to make. A
colleague is piloting MacMillan and she really likes it. Has
anyone heard anything about either?


On 1/02/07, Susan/IN wrote:
> Our district had thought about waiting a year to adopt because
> some of the publishers' materials wouldn't be ready for
> preview. Now they say they will be, so we are going ahead.
> This has been a problem in the past; I hope we get to see
> everything.
>
> As for meeting all standards - if I were you, I'd look very
> closely at that. A good example is with our math texts. They
> say they meet IN standards but there is sooo much more that it
> can't possibly all be taught and so in essence we are paying
> for much more than we can possibly cover, with not enough
> material to really teach the standards. Our classroom
> teachers hate our math series. So just be very careful when
> previewing. The publishing companies do an excellent snowball
> job.
>
> On 12/23/06, SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS wrote:
>> I have seen them all at IRA Convention in Chicago, but
>> listened to Pearson-Scott Foresman reps. Pearson reps said
>> that their series meets almost all Science/Social Studies
>> standards for IN. That would be great!!! Textbook Caravan
>> begins in January, hope to see and hear more there.
>>
>>
>> On 12/21/06, Jane wrote:
>>> 2007 is the big reading adoption year in IN. What do think
>>> looks good? Anybody had experience with using any of the
>>> programs on the state adoption list?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jane

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Reading adoption, 12/21/06, by Jane.
• Re: Reading adoption, 12/23/06, by SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS.
• Re: Reading adoption, 1/02/07, by Susan/IN.
• Re: Reading adoption, 2/23/07, by Kelly.