ABSTRACT
Authors discuss some of the themes that emerged during these sessions before presenting the transcripts. They hope that the themes help to guide your reading of the transcripts. Penny’s cooperating teacher in student teaching used a basal reading program. Penny found the teacher’s guides very useful because they explained what to teach and when to teach it, and directed teachers to use certain practice activities and worksheets. Penny’s cooperating teacher helped Penny understand how to use the various assessment tools that the publishers provided in order to place students in groups. The basal publishing company provides the texts that the children read. “It’s a good collection of stories you could find in the library,” Penny says to Rick one day when he is visiting her classroom.
