Sentences with phrase «scripted reading curriculum»

In the first year of the takeover, a colleague of mine was disciplined for supplementing the scripted reading curriculum with additional activities for special - education students.

Success for All uses a highly scripted reading curriculum as its engine for improvement.

Not exact matches

There are various opportunities to meet KS2 National Curriculum requirements, including study of a significant author, reading techniques such as prediction, drawing inferences, clarification and summary, and drama and writing opportunities, including poetry performance, descriptive writing, persuasive writing, letter writing, newspaper reports, poetry and play scripts.

Patterson, who calls the shift in school culture a «total systems change,» uses scripts and flash cards in the Voyager Passport reading curriculum, purchased with a grant from the Oklahoma State Department of Education, to guide her building's noneducators through the lessons.

Most texts used to teach reading had been written by proponents of whole language methods, and there was only fleeting exposure to the kinds of scripted, phonics - based curriculums, like Open Court, that are increasingly being adopted in the nation's schools.

Multi-leveled scripts support core curriculum content through active learning, and let you integrate content into the reading block.

District administrators and their «clipboard police» enforce a strict, scripted curriculum focused on little beyond reading, writing, and math.

b) Should read a good number of his entries that reveal the importance of socratic style teaching in developing critical thinking skills (and yes teachers need to hop off the «scripted curriculum» to engage students and make it applicable to their lives to enhance understanding.

Projects include: Denver Regional Mock Trial Tournament, National Constitution Day, in - class mock trial scripts for elementary, middle and high schools, «We the People» volunteer training, K - 5 Law Day Contest and curriculum, DBA - DPS Guest Teaching Initiative, DBA - DPS Truancy Program Training, Debate Club, Reading Partners Tutoring, Book Drive for Reading Partners and speaker bureaus.