This Monday the 4th grade language arts teachers had to attend a training on small group guided reading. Awesome, I thought. I get a break from the kids, and I can learn something new about a topic we didn't have in middle school.
Unfortunately, I was needlessly optimistic. Because it was all too clear, just a few minutes into the day that the woman conducting the "training" didn't need to be a trainer. You'll see in just a minute that she doesn't need to be a teacher either.
On at least one occasion she used the word REINERATE.
Maybe this is some cool, new mashup of the words incinerate and reincarnate. Maybe we were going to burn up all our old knowledge and then let our new knowledge rise from the ashes like a glorious phoenix about to...
Nah, I think she meant REITERATE but isn't very smart.
Yep, that explains it.
A little later she was modeling a small group guided reading lesson where she was teaching main idea. She told her "students" that main idea was a combination of the characters, setting, and what happened in the story.
Um, no. That would be a summary of what happened. Main idea is the most important idea in a NON-FICTION text.
After the second incident, I was finished. Done. Thanks for comin' out.
Wow. Seriously? Someone actually paid this woman money so you could write an entire day's worth of sub plans and then pick up the pieces when you return all without the benefit of new learning or at least a relaxing day off? =( I say BOO (in all caps to emphasize my distaste)!
ReplyDeleteI double boo!!! How's subbing? :(
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