Reply to Common Core's epic fail: Special Education

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Common Core's epic fail: Special Education"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]"Writing opinion papers" in kindergarten?   "Writing expository text!!!"

Holy shit!   That sounds super scary and outrageous!  In KINDERGARTEN?!?!?!

Wait a minute....

The standards actually say....

[quote][b]Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing[/b] to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

[b]Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing [/b]to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is…).[/quote]

etc.

So when I teach my Kindergarten ESOL students, we read a book about a snowman.   Then I have them "write" in  their journal about the snowman.   I have them draw a picture of their snowman and add some details, like  a hat and a scarf.  This is drawing, it is fun and enjoyable for them.

Then underneath, they "write" their "expository text"!!   Maybe they tell me about their snowman, and I write it for them.  (dictation).   Maybe I write the word "snowman" on the board and they copy it underneath.   Some kids already can sound out words, so they might write "snm" for "snowman".   Some are more advanced and write "I lik mi sno man"   Kids in the grade level classroom (not ESOL) can often write : My snowman has a red hat" or whatever -- my kids aren't that far along yet.

All of these responses are part of the "expository text" we are looking for by the end of K year -- this idea that you can tell other people some information about something in your own head.

NOT SCARY AT ALL IT TURNS OUT!!!

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics