Textbooks?
I am going into my 4th year and I am sick to death of the 1/1 devices. They aren’t entirely avoidable as I teach a tested subject but I am looking for ways to use them less this upcoming year. Every year we get 1/1 textbooks that have traditional chapter readings, but they also have worksheets in the book for the students to complete. The entire book is standard aligned and it has practice EOC questions in it so I think it could be a really good resources. I have only ever taught in the 1/1 device era, and I work in a title one school where many of our kids are behind/below grade level. I had 8th grade students that genuinely could not read last year. My question is: does anyone still teach primarily out of textbooks? How can I accommodate my lower students when using this method? With kids below grade level and general behaviors of kids these days, I know “read chapter 1 and complete XYZ” isn’t going to work like it did when I was in school. Any and all advice is much appreciated!