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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its me, the co-teacher again.  We gave the students their choice of two alternate reading choices if they choose to opt out of The Magic Fish.  They are A Separate Peace and When I Was Puerto Rican.  0 out of 75 students took the choice of the alternate book, but we did give them the weekend to discuss it with their parents.  [/quote]

Thank you for the update!

A couple of questions.

1) do the students get to decide or do the parents? (I thought families hd to fill out an opt out form and then the students would be assigned an alternative - is this really up to the students?)

2) when students opt out are they given specific . Assignments for their new book? A Separate Peace is in the curriculjm and has specific assignments that go with it.

3) it seems late to be just starting a novel now when school has been in session for several weeks. What has the class been doing? Are there different readings and writing activities that they have been doing?

Thanks from the mom of an 8th grader

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As the co-teacher and also in my first year, I am not in charge of doing much of the lesson planning and have deferred that to the more experienced teacher in the room who is an actual ELA teacher.  I know there are lots of very specific assignments and lessons for The Magic Fish but I am almost certain there will not be that level of instruction for the alternate books.  Those students have been advised that they will almost be expected to independently study.  I assume there will be less involved lessons and assignments and more generic book report and analysis type work to be expected.

As the co-teacher, I have planned to read and follow along with the alternative texts should any parent/student request them so I can at least be familiar with them.  I read A Separate Peace 25 years ago when I was in 9th grade so I'm not exactly a content expert anymore.  As for the other option, I have never even heard of it until like 3 weeks ago so I will have a lot of catching up to do[/quote]

Are you in MCPS?  We don't have co-teachers.  We have student teachers and special ed teachers but sped teachers are not in the classroom full time.  The only co-teachers are at the more specialized special needs programs.[/quote]

DP. My kid has had co-teachers in MS “advanced” English all 3 years of MS, and last year there was a co-teacher in Algebra 1. The co-teachers are SPED teachers but as far as I could tell they help the whole class. They are certified teachers and not paras. [/quote]

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