[MOSAIC] Teacher responses

[Nancy Hagerty]

Maggie wrote:
We have samples of 
relevant and useful responses, but there are teachers that want some
kind of a list of comments to choose from.


Hi Maggie.

While I can appreciate your question, I can't help but be frustrated by
it (as I'm sure you are too).  I am hearing this more and more from
teachers.  They seem to want a list of "this" and a compilation of
"that".  I can't help but chuckle when I see it on this ring because I
believe we are all here because we want to teach our students to be
better thinkers.  How can we do that when we are asking for shortcuts? 
I know with all the increased demands and expectations on teachers and
our students we are all feeling the time crunch, but there are no
shortcuts.  We ALL need to create our own knowledge.  While I love
reading what others are doing, it certainly cannot take the place of me
actually trying it for myself.  It sounds like you are wanting to make
the bridge for them.  Perhaps just looking at what their comments are
actually saying to the students, and what they really need to be saying
to the student to move their writing (reading, thinking) forward would
be most beneficial.  It's hard to say.  We all learn differently.

Nancy