| 1. | 2/5/2008 2:08:00 PM | Finish the other programs first. |
| 2. | 2/5/2008 4:08:00 PM | We have a lot on our plate right now! |
| 3. | 2/5/2008 4:58:00 PM | Let's be sure the new Social Studies curriculum will be well-received and an effective means of instruction before we follow the same model for Science. Teachers are already feeling overwhelmed with the demands of our curriculum and the time restraints we face...and weren't we taught that integration of material is the best way to teach. Suddenly, we are isolating each subject area again?!? |
| 4. | 2/5/2008 9:28:00 PM | It is important to make sure our students are participating in an inquiry based science program - the current research stresses this key fact! When the time comes to discuss a new program (a while after the social studies program has been in place) we need to consider if there is ample time to do science justice. We should have time for inquiry based experiments and projects! It should have, as should social studies, just as much priority as reading, writing, and math! Thematic based instruction would be wonderful. If we want to produce inventors and explorers...children who make a difference, we need to put more stress on our content areas. They are getting put on the back burner in place of the three R's! |
| 5. | 2/5/2008 11:03:00 PM | I'm swamped and I'm not a first year teacher! I don't know how first year teachers are able to survive in our district. |
| 6. | 2/6/2008 3:05:00 AM | Let's not push this too soon. Let us get to know what we're doing now (reading, math, writing, and upcoming social studies) well. New isn't always good...especially if we're not ready. |
| 7. | 2/7/2008 3:08:00 PM | With the new social studies curriculum, I think it would be nice to be able to really understand and learn the new curriculum before something else brand new is thrown at us. |
| 8. | 2/7/2008 5:36:00 PM | Yes, it is important, but not yet. Please give us time to absorb all the new curriculum that has come our way and let us improve on the little areas that need to be tweeked. When when we have all the little kinks worked out, then move on to the Science curriculum and take a few years to improve there. Then take a look at any other curriculum needs that we may have. It takes time to make sure the curriculum is what we invisioned it to be. |
| 9. | 2/14/2008 9:52:00 PM | I don't teach science?! |