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CCSS my second question
by judy5ca
Jun 13, 2012
In Pathways, Calkins makes quite a point of criticizing teaching children to relate to text personally. She says it's ONLY about analyzing the text. As a reader, I'm having a little trouble with this because I think the joy of reading comes from connections and discussion. However, I also understand that we want kids to be critical readers. I know Calkins and Keene had words and this might have been Calkins' chance to get back at Keene, but I'm buying into the standards without reservation. Do you think they're really telling us to omit personal interpretations of text? Judy
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judy5ca Thanks, Linda. When I carefully read the "close reading" lessons, I'm just not seeing a lot that's different from what we're doing (except for allowing BK and relevant connections). Am I missing something?

I wonder: Do you think kids will get used to spending so many days on one piece? Why the writing assignment? It seems like the writing ...See More
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Linda Judy, I guess I have read too much from the net, but I don't have a good feeling about common core. I'm not confident that someone who has never taught before can write standards for the whole nation. And if the standards are for the whole nation then why are 2 different companies (PARCC and Smarter Balance) going to write the assessments. They are...See More
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LS Found a good presentation powerpoint by Dr. Jeff Wilhelm- especially Part 3
Jun 19, 2012
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Praline Here is a link for an article on close reading.

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Teri On 6/25/12, Praline wrote: > Here is a link for an article on close reading. > > [link removed]

I still don't see what is so different about this except for the insistence that we drop pre-reading activities...which I completely disagree with. I agree that you can easily overdo pre-reading activities, but I think a small amount of...See More
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