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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am all for it. While there are a lot of negatives such of lack of choice and teacher autonomy there are many pluses. The main one is that it will equalize the quality of teaching across the county. Your student will get the same reading instruction if they are being taught by a 30 year veteran teacher in a rich area or are be being taught by a teacher trainee or long term sub in a title one, the book literally tells you what to say. Right now there is reading “curriculum” but it is strongly suggested and many schools don’t even use the phonics lessons and use something else and the writing plans are minimal . The new curriculum is all inclusive and had reading comprehension , writing, grammar, and small group instruction.[/quote]

Do the kids actually read any novels in the upper grades with this new curriculum, or is it all short passages to train them or the SOL? I’m not holding my breath. [/quote] What are you taking about? My kids have had book clubs starting in 3rd grade. They have read novels 3-6th. Then in MS and HS MANY are required.[/quote]
And this is why curriculum needs to be standardized across all of FCPS because your children get book clubs and mine don't get anything.[/quote]Our kids experienced book clubs in 3-6th grade, but they weren’t great because they weren’t run well. The students were expected to read x pages and just talk about it. But, at those young ages, no one knew how to be a leader nor did anyone know literature terms and devices to add any value.  It was very poorly executed.  [/quote]

The ones that were pretty fun were the ones where you had to read several pages and then answer either one or several out of a larger set of questions and then also respond to other's responses. I thought that was cleverly done.[/quote]Yes!  I agree with this.  But, then DC would arrive at book club with their written work and only 2 out of 4 did it.  So there’s no collaboration possible among the 4. In fact, one didn’t even read it.  [b] The teacher didn’t check.  The teacher doesn’t float around and produce discussion. [/b] The kids sit around and shoot the breeze.  Poorly executed.  But the questions were well- written if the young elementary kids would have had a teacher lead them through discussions.  [/quote]

Is this because the teacher is meeting with small groups? When I was teaching we were required to spend a lot of our day meeting with small groups for reading, math, and during a separate intervention/enrichment block. I was also trying to plan for and monitor the time for the students who weren't meeting with me in small group. It was overwhelming. [/quote]

DP, we are often told to run 2-3 activities simultaneously. Book clubs meet while we do small groups, etc.

And for the PP, the teacher is WELL aware of which students are not reading the book, so don’t worry about that.[/quote]

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