scott foresman reading series Reading Street

[QUOTE=Bernie;37810]I would love to know which websites you are referring to. My daughter's third grade class uses the Reading Street series and she is really struggling on the selection tests. I would love to be able to help her study aside from reading and rereading the stories. Thank you, in advance.[/QUOTE]

With all due respect, what you need to be doing is talking to your superintendent of education and school board about the use of this series in your child's school. As a teacher for 22 years, I can truly say that Scott Foresman Reading Street program is just about the worst program I have ever used. I used the Scott Foresman Celebrate Reading series for many years and loved it. I expected this newer series to be top notch also. I have been extremely disappointed. After using this program for the 3rd year, I have seen my students go from bad to worse. This program is unorganized, requires many hours of preparation and spends a very short time in actual reading. Parents need to be aware of the pitfalls of this program, especially in schools where teachers are required to follow it to the letter. Unfortunately, administrators often do not listen to teachers when they complain about a program. However, administrators DO listen to parents and you have every right to express your concerns to them. You are certainly justified in your concern for your child's reading progress with this program!

I am the parent of a struggling 2nd grader. Our school adopted the Reading Street curriculum the year my son started kindergarten. My older children were taught with Letter Books in their first year and I feel they were much better prepared. The Reading Street series does not seem to prepare them with enough phonetic instruction. There are several other struggling readers in my child's class. It was such a disaster for these classes that the 2 kindergarten teachers went back to the Letter Books the next year against the Administration's wishes. I feel like we were cheated.

Hi, Im a teacher and we're opening a Bilingual School, and we're planning to use the Reading Street Program, I've been reading some coments, and I'm reading that is not a very good program for the USA teaching system.
But I have a question for all you teachers...... Do You think the SC Reading Street Program can be a good resource for the bilingual teaching???
Please send me your coments, cause, we want to open a high standard school!!!
Please Help Us!!1

[QUOTE=Unregistered;37628]This is the third year we have been using Reading Street. It was overwhelming at first and I did not like it. However, after spending hours and hours on my computer this summer I have found many web sites made by teachers who use Reading Street. They have simplified the tests. leveled reader packets, etc. There are many teacher made posters, games, online games, etc. I am not sure if I can list those on this site or not. If you submit a new post and give me your email I could send you the addresses.[/QUOTE]

Please list the sites you have found. It would be very helpful to those of us who are spending way too much time lesson planning.

[QUOTE=Fernando;38271]Hi, Im a teacher and we're opening a Bilingual School, and we're planning to use the Reading Street Program, I've been reading some coments, and I'm reading that is not a very good program for the USA teaching system.
But I have a question for all you teachers...... Do You think the SC Reading Street Program can be a good resource for the bilingual teaching???
Please send me your coments, cause, we want to open a high standard school!!!
Please Help Us!!1[/QUOTE]

The ELL readers that come with this program are extremely difficult. My average group of English students have trouble reading them. NO! This is not a good program for bilingual teaching!!!!!!!! It is not a good program for struggling readers and after teaching it for 2 years, I would not recommend it for anyone!