tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post4401863120246419840..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: exo attends a professional development presentationCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-6624160958198398822010-03-23T21:25:31.535-07:002010-03-23T21:25:31.535-07:00Maybe it's also "Sorry, kids won't re...Maybe it's also "Sorry, kids won't read." I hate to admit my kids will not read textbooks. They get a lot from lecture, and they will do their reading for lit classes, but they will not read a textbook. I think you have to make textbook reading a habit in elementary and middle school for it to happen in high school. Too bad there are no textbooks before high school...VickyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379636377049707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-65296309365446936512010-03-21T09:29:36.449-07:002010-03-21T09:29:36.449-07:00When you look for it, you see everywhere examples ...When you look for it, you see everywhere examples of a bad situation being re-framed as something good.<br /><br />In this case, the kids can't read, so that gets re-framed as: textbooks are bad, projects are good.<br /><br />I believe that's what's going on with the belief that early reading instruction via balanced literacy involves children "taking risks." The need to be resilient enough to keep guessing and missing is re-framed as something good: children are risk takers!Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.com