Word: loker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second grade class at the Loker School which uses "How Can I Tell You" improvised around the theme of finding a treasure. One little girl shouted she had discovered a treasure buried in the ground. Other members of her group ran to her; one boy answered, "I picked it up." The other members of the group insisted it would be best to split it up among everyone. The girl agreed, but still added, "I get the most." Moffett advocates the formation of small groups of students like this to read, discuss and improvise among themselves. The desire to interact with...
...novelty of a student-centered language arts curriculum imposes difficulties which "How Can I Tell You" has helped to overcome. Anne McNamara is in charge of the language curriculum at the Loker School, which has followed Moffett's teaching proposals for two years. "It would have been great if there were a show last year," she said. "We would have known what we were supporting. Kids follow the program and it loosened up teachers. Last year we had to write out pantomimes and plays...
...show ended in the Loker School, children in a combined third and first grade class were directed to break into huddles and make plans to act out different animals and toys in a designated room in the house. Three students crawled in a line like train cars while two bobbed their shoulders playing a cat and leopard. To shouts of "We couldn't tell they were in a kitchen" the animals began to pretend to sniff for food in a refrigerator and a shelf above their heads. A second group pantomimed a skunk stamping his foot, and a horse, hyena...
...Tell You" occupies a vital place in the restructured curricula in the Angier and Loker Schools. "Kids who were slow readers have become much more communicative and much more interested," said Anne McNamara, "and incidentally, they read much better." The value of curriculum reform independent of changes in society is questionable. Motivation to learn is not dependent solely on relationships in the classroom. Pleasing television shows cannot erase the effects of alienation and exploitation. But curriculum planning and teaching methods can take advantage of some of what is known about child development. A classroom structured around a child's needs...