[CASL-L] Basal-Reader Reboot

[IRENE KWIDZINSKI]

FYI


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Teachers Embedding Standards in Basal-Reader 
Questionshttp://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/04/26/30basal.h31.html?tkn=QVRFGhpecNUQcEiJu7wMAYJkcgc8zw%2BfPPfs&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 


This is what is looks like when teacher-librarians are not involved in 
connecting great trade literature to the CCSS effort - basal reboot.

One question that is missing in this article is "Do basals provide 
the differentiated reading experiences all children need?"

Here is what Dylan Wiliam says regarding textbooks in his new book Embedded 
Formative Assessment

"Textbooks play an important role in mediating between the intended curriculum 
and the achieved curriculum, and as a result, there has been great interest in 
finding out whether some textbook programs are more effective than others. 
Reviews in random-allocation trials of programs for reading in the early grades 
and for programs in elementary, middle, and high school math concluded that 
there was little evidence that changes in textbooks alone had much impact on 
student achievement.  It was only when the programs changed teaching practices 
and student interactions that a significant impact on achievement was 
found.(Slavin & Lake, 2008; Slavin, Lake, chambers, Cheung & Davis , 2009; 
Slavin, Lake, & Groff, 2009). 

emphasis mine on last sentence -  basals will do little to develop powerful 
teaching practices much less engage students and inspire meaningful 
interactions.  It is time to make the library collection THE source for content 
reading. 

A tool these teachers used is this guide - 
 http://www.achievethecore.org/steal-these-tools/text-dependent-questions - 
which could be useful. If teachers (thankfully) are crafting their own questions 
why not make the work aimed at real texts?  This is where Teacher Librarians can 
be great collaborators. Help locate the books/readings (for the entire range of 
readers taking into account the CCSS framework for text complexity which goes 
WAY beyond the Lexile), craft lessons, deliver instruction, assess results, 
reflect, plan again.  What a cycle!  






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