"Junior Great Books" for advanced kids?

[Anonymous]

What age/grades is the target for the program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was designed initially for advanced readers.

What is the basis for this claim? I've had several rounds of training in JGB. I have never heard anyone say that it was designed for advanced readers.

BTW, DCPS currently has adopted no basel readers published by Pearson or anyone else. We are using leveled libraries for Guided Reading.

[Anonymous]

Junior Great Books are known for being used in gifted/talented programs, particularly gifted pull-outs. And the basis for this claim is in part due to a Google search--it's used in Prince George's County Public Schools and Montgomery County Public Schools for that reason. I didn't see evidence of it from the JGB website itself but from seeing what other school districts say they use it for when I did a Google search.

[Anonymous]

The target ages are from K-high school and beyond apparently according to the website for JGBs. (Greatbooks.org)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was designed initially for advanced readers.

What is the basis for this claim? I've had several rounds of training in JGB. I have never heard anyone say that it was designed for advanced readers.

BTW, DCPS currently has adopted no basel readers published by Pearson or anyone else. We are using leveled libraries for Guided Reading.

The basel readers ban was relatively recent. I am glad to hear they are focusing on more advanced reading sources.

[Anonymous]

You could put it on a bumper sticker: My gifted child gets JGB

[Anonymous]

JGBs are used at Stoddert, Hyde-Addison, Eaton, Mann, and Murch, as well as around 40 other DCPS schools.

[Anonymous]

JGB started at Ross this year. My child is enjoying the experience. The Literacy Specialist leads it.

[Anonymous]

At Hardy too

[Anonymous]

At our school in Arlington, you just sign up and pay the fee. There is no selection process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At our school in Arlington, you just sign up and pay the fee. There is no selection process.

an effective way to exclude poor kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Junior Great Books are known for being used in gifted/talented programs, particularly gifted pull-outs. And the basis for this claim is in part due to a Google search--it's used in Prince George's County Public Schools and Montgomery County Public Schools for that reason. I didn't see evidence of it from the JGB website itself but from seeing what other school districts say they use it for when I did a Google search.

OK JGB "is known to be used in gifted/talented programs". That doesn't mean JGB was "designed" for gifted and talented.

Sounds like a way to exclude other people's children from getting JGB and make parents who think their children are gifted/talented feel good. Fair enough.

[Anonymous]

Cheap shot, honey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Junior Great Books are known for being used in gifted/talented programs, particularly gifted pull-outs. And the basis for this claim is in part due to a Google search--it's used in Prince George's County Public Schools and Montgomery County Public Schools for that reason. I didn't see evidence of it from the JGB website itself but from seeing what other school districts say they use it for when I did a Google search.

OK JGB "is known to be used in gifted/talented programs". That doesn't mean JGB was "designed" for gifted and talented.

Sounds like a way to exclude other people's children from getting JGB and make parents who think their children are gifted/talented feel good. Fair enough.

I was waiting for this response. God forbid, any child be more intellectually advanced than another child. we must keep everything equal--therefore at the lowest level possible so no one gets their feelings hurt. So not only can we not have gifted and talented classes, apparently we aren't supposed even have a slightly more advanced reading group. I swear living in DC is turning me into a republican. This liberal feel good crap is tiresome.

[Anonymous]

We did this at our elementary, but it was for all kids. Not just the "smart" ones.