MD new literacy curriculun

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Anonymous wrote:I have been telling people for years how embarrassing it is for Maryland, and specifically MCPS, to be so far behind in reading compared to states like Mississippi and Alabama. Glad our new state superintendent is known as the Mississippi Miracle and is bringing the science of reading to Maryland. This is long overdue!

Well, you've been telling them wrong. No wonder they have not been paying attention to you.

How is it wrong? Other states have figured out how to successfully teach ALL students to read by using methods proven by science since the Vietnam era except for Maryland.

Umm what. Plenty of states and districts had been wrongly doing balanced literacy. And if with implementing Science of reading that it still only one piece of Balanced Literacy.

“Balanced Literacy” is that Lucy Calkins crap. it has repeatedly been shown to be ineffective in multiple studies. Thank God we are doing Science of Reading instead of BL.

No. Balanced Literacy was turned into the Lucy Calkins. Balanced literacy should always have included phonics for teaching kids to read. It should also include a balance amount ans appropriate of all the components of literacy(reading, grammar, spelling, comprehension, analysis, verbal and written expression).

Your description of BL matches Lycy Calkins - a little if this, a little of that, including a lot of stuff that doesn't work.

What was named that doesn’t work? Kids need to be taught phonics in order to read. The need to learn all phonemes in order to be able to spell. The need to be taught root word and affixes in order to spell bigger words and be able to ascertain meanings of words they don’t know, which then allows for comprehension and context. They need grammar and punctuation in order to express themselves coherently. If you don’t want all of the above taught to your kid in a balanced way then that would explain the illiteracy rate is this country.

None of what you describe is explicitly taught in BL/Lucy Calkins methods. If you have a kid in MCPS you know they haven’t taught spelling in many, many years. They don’t even teach handwriting anymore.

I'm grateful they don't waste time on that. It would be like spending time on caligraphy.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been telling people for years how embarrassing it is for Maryland, and specifically MCPS, to be so far behind in reading compared to states like Mississippi and Alabama. Glad our new state superintendent is known as the Mississippi Miracle and is bringing the science of reading to Maryland. This is long overdue!

Well, you've been telling them wrong. No wonder they have not been paying attention to you.

How is it wrong? Other states have figured out how to successfully teach ALL students to read by using methods proven by science since the Vietnam era except for Maryland.

Umm what. Plenty of states and districts had been wrongly doing balanced literacy. And if with implementing Science of reading that it still only one piece of Balanced Literacy.

“Balanced Literacy” is that Lucy Calkins crap. it has repeatedly been shown to be ineffective in multiple studies. Thank God we are doing Science of Reading instead of BL.

No. Balanced Literacy was turned into the Lucy Calkins. Balanced literacy should always have included phonics for teaching kids to read. It should also include a balance amount ans appropriate of all the components of literacy(reading, grammar, spelling, comprehension, analysis, verbal and written expression).

Your description of BL matches Lycy Calkins - a little if this, a little of that, including a lot of stuff that doesn't work.

What was named that doesn’t work? Kids need to be taught phonics in order to read. The need to learn all phonemes in order to be able to spell. The need to be taught root word and affixes in order to spell bigger words and be able to ascertain meanings of words they don’t know, which then allows for comprehension and context. They need grammar and punctuation in order to express themselves coherently. If you don’t want all of the above taught to your kid in a balanced way then that would explain the illiteracy rate is this country.

None of what you describe is explicitly taught in BL/Lucy Calkins methods. If you have a kid in MCPS you know they haven’t taught spelling in many, many years. They don’t even teach handwriting anymore.

Actually all of those things are what Balanced Literacy is supposed to be. “Balanced literacy” aims to provide a well-rounded and comprehensive education in reading and writing. It emerged to deliver on the five pillars noted in the National report at the turn of the century of literacy instruction, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Balanced literacy was supposed to bridge whole language and phonics based by addressing the gaps. The Science of Reading is what Balanced Literacy was always supposed to be.

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This thread is absurd
The Top 3 states for highest child literacy rates were Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Hampshire, in that order (highest to lowest). The Bottom 3 states for child literacy rates were Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Mexico, (highest to lowest).
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com
Literacy Statistics 2022-2023

No Mississippi is not ahead of md in anything related to education

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Maryland should really focus on Math, not Reading. The Math scores are atrocious.

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Where is the draft policy?! The article only has the link to the survey.

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Anonymous wrote:Where is the draft policy?! The article only has the link to the survey.

I just googled it.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone summarize the pros or cons for this new English curriculum?

Not that DCUM cares much about this, but this curriculum does not meet all the language learning needs of English learners. So EDL teachers will, once again, be developing and using their own curriculum.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland should really focus on Math, not Reading. The Math scores are atrocious.

Why is this an either/or situation for you?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone summarize the pros or cons for this new English curriculum?

Not that DCUM cares much about this, but this curriculum does not meet all the language learning needs of English learners. So EDL teachers will, once again, be developing and using their own curriculum.

Which curriculum meets all the language learning needs of all English learners?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone summarize the pros or cons for this new English curriculum?

Not that DCUM cares much about this, but this curriculum does not meet all the language learning needs of English learners. So EDL teachers will, once again, be developing and using their own curriculum.

Which curriculum meets all the language learning needs of all English learners?

You need phonics (which the new curriculum has) and a curriculum such as National Geographic/Cengage Time Zones:

https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=201+4294891824+4294918606&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=2018652554124969321720200217060222991&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false

English Learners need a specific curriculum for English similar to what native English speakers utilized when learning French, Spanish, etc.

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Agreed PP. My district got rid of our ESOL curriculum and now we are supposed to “teach what the teachers teach.” It’s not at all what our ESOL students need.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone summarize the pros or cons for this new English curriculum?

Not that DCUM cares much about this, but this curriculum does not meet all the language learning needs of English learners. So EDL teachers will, once again, be developing and using their own curriculum.

Which curriculum meets all the language learning needs of all English learners?

You need phonics (which the new curriculum has) and a curriculum such as National Geographic/Cengage Time Zones:

https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=201+4294891824+4294918606&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=2018652554124969321720200217060222991&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false

English Learners need a specific curriculum for English similar to what native English speakers utilized when learning French, Spanish, etc.

The CKLA curriculum has ELD support and comes in Spanish.

https://go.info.amplify.com/language-studio-ckla

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An English program in Spanish won’t help students learn English. Those supports are also for students with basic English proficiency. Where’s the curriculum for newcomers?

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Finally.

This is JUSTICE for dyslexics. MCPS - shame on you all these years. You have blood on your hands (and lots of prisoners in jail) due to inability to weed through the curriculum choices and choose science PHONICS over whole language hucksters looking to make a fast government dollar.

https://blog.parinc.com/dyslexia-in-prisons-eye-opening-statistics

Maryland - you should be taking over a LOT more from these corrupt counties.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone summarize the pros or cons for this new English curriculum?

Not that DCUM cares much about this, but this curriculum does not meet all the language learning needs of English learners. So EDL teachers will, once again, be developing and using their own curriculum.

Which curriculum meets all the language learning needs of all English learners?

You need phonics (which the new curriculum has) and a curriculum such as National Geographic/Cengage Time Zones:

https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=201+4294891824+4294918606&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=2018652554124969321720200217060222991&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false

English Learners need a specific curriculum for English similar to what native English speakers utilized when learning French, Spanish, etc.

The CKLA curriculum has ELD support and comes in Spanish.

https://go.info.amplify.com/language-studio-ckla

The ELD support is insufficient. And students who need to learn English, if they are native Spanish speakers, do not need the reading curriculum in Spanish. They need to have supports to learn English, not just read in their native Spanish (although literacy in home language is important). And, we have English learners from all over the world, who speak many different languages. It's not just Spanish speakers.

ELD is a specific subject discipline, the same as math, science, history, etc. I wish MCPS would respect ELD as such.