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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Course names help
thanks On 3/6/08 9:08 AM, "Carol Carlson" <carlsonca@dist102.k12.il.us> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe-> >> http://interversity.org/lists/middle-lit/subscribe.html > > --------------------------------------------------- > Report list problems to listmom@interversity.org
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