Re: Course names help

[Carol Carlson <carlsonca@dist102.k12.il.us>]

Our junior high uses
Reading
Language Arts - heavy focus on writing
Carol

On Mar 5, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Mary Dovey wrote:

> Hello, sorry for the cross posting, but I'm not sure who gets what  
> these
> days and I wanted to reach everyone.
>
> Our middle school principal would like to rename the two core  
> subjects of
> reading and writing that we currently teach under the umbrella term,
> Communication Arts. This is due only to the fact that our students  
> will now
> get a separate grade for each, not any dissatisfaction with Com  
> Arts as the
> term. I've suggested the obvious: reading (since I want to continue
> stressing to teachers that we are teaching reading, not just  
> literature and
> literary analysis, etc.) and writing. Nothing fancy, nothing tough  
> to figure
> out, very plain: reading and writing.
>
> What do your schools call these core subjects? As the literacy  
> coach, I need
> to bring back info to him and thought I'd start with you kind  
> folks. (I
> think he thinks "reading" is too elementary, and I suspect I'll be  
> able to
> show him it's not.) Thanks.
> Mary
>
>
>
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