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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Previous posters are wrong. Beauvoir uses Orton Gillingham along with its own syncretic workshop approach. [/quote]

Have you asked them? [b]You know “workshop” is Calkins right? [/b]I’ve asked - nothing official has been changed. So if they’ve changed in the last 3 weeks since school started and not told anyone kudos - but nothing formal has been announced. 
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Lucy Calkins does not own the term "workshop"!!![/quote]

Yes, but when a school talks about using the Reading Workshop and Writing Workshop models, I think it’s safe to say they’re using LC.

Not saying that’s what Beauvoir is saying, but it’s what our kid’s school talks about. [/quote]

Honey, use of the word workshop has been around a lot longer than Calkins and is used broadly to describe a number of different approaches to writing. Ever heard of the Iowa Writer's Workshop? Beauvoir encourages a writer's workshop approach, yes. They also use phonics and teach grammar.[/quote]

Publics in our area have dropped it completely. NY and CA too. The school at Columbia has been dissolved. So the fact bvr still pays thousands and incorporates ANY of these methods is a joke. The defense that no one owns a word is silly when you then write three sentences proving the problem still exists. [/quote]

Can you read?  who says Beauvoir incorporates Calkins. It's speculation from reading the word workshop on their website. I've had three kids who went through Beauvoir, all of whom came out reading and writing above grade level. If they do incorporate it at all, which I seriously doubt, it does not affect how effectively they teach the fundamentals. [/quote]

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