Re: How can I get into teaching one room school?

Laura

Posted on 7/24/09

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I usually go by the students' abilities and try to divide them into
two groups: I'll teach one group while the other does a game, works
independently or with an aide, and then switch. This last year I had
1, 2, and 4. I taught the 4th grader while the 1/2 did a math skill
game, and gave her work time while I taught the 1/2 lesson. I tried
to "meld" the 1st and 2nd graders' lessons, so as to give a review to
the 2nd while teaching the 1st, then either giving the 1st work time
or extending his lesson to the 2nd grade level.

So if I were teaching, say, time, I would do it all the same day,
while having the first grader tell time to the 1/2 hour, and the 2nd
graders time problems on their level. Usually my 1st grader caught on
and was doing 2nd grade problems, but if he hadn't, then I just made
sure to cover what he needed to know by the 1st grade standards.

For SS/Sci., I did a lot of combining with the ages that were close
to each other.

Hope this helped!

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