Free write
As I learn more and more about the Reading Street program I find myself asking, “HOW COULD THEY LET THIS HAPPEN!” They say that the program is flexible but only if you add stations or add extra things. There is no time for this. They say that you can choose your own reading materials as long as it has the same vocabulary, oh yeah ok, I’m going to spend hours finding a better book that uses the words sharecropping and investments.
With reading street, grammar is completely ignored. Karli uses this quiz like flip book thing to teach grammar. I feel like this program is just pushing everything back, there’s no time for teaching cursive, grammar, or writing. When are they going to learn these things? My school now is having teachers do a writing lesson once every six weeks or so. Once every six weeks is not enough to teach and reinforce and have these concepts actually stick with them. It makes me sad that kids don’t have the ability to choose their reading material and now they aren’t being given the tools to express themselves through written language. It makes me really sad. I’ll try and stay optimistic
