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Aug 30, 2009
I noticed it was odd that many of the kids didn't know much, if anything, about 6+1 by the time they got to me in 8th grade, which I thought was odd.
I recently found out that one teacher has been teaching 4 square writing for a few years now. She has gotten a few other teachers to follow her and they are going to training on it next month.
I'm not really familiar with 4 square. My question is: Does it compete with 6+1? I am not in love with 6+1. If the teachers want to go a different direction, I'll adopt 4 square. I just think we all need to be consistent with what we teach. If I get kids that have had 4 square for 3 or 4 years and I'm expecting them to know 6+1 it doesn't work very well.
I wanted some information on the similarities/differences between 6+1 and 4 square be...See More
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On 8/30/09, el-toro wrote: > Our school mandated the use of 6+1 about 5 years ago. Every > teacher in the school, regardless of subject, has been > trained on it. We are supposed to be using it with all writing. > > I noticed it was o...See More