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Post: low kids....

Posted by Lara S on 1/08/08

    How do you handle the lower kids in your class??? Often the
    older kids in my class are the lower kids as well. Our
    school has (K/1) (1/2) (2/3) etc. so there is always some
    overlap and often the older kids are the ones who need more
    time to develop their skills.

    In my 2/3 class the some 3rd graders are always lower. I
    also have high kids, so my range in curriculum could really
    go from 1st-4th grade. In any case, I worry about the kids
    who are always the oldest, because in reading groups and in
    math, they are almost always in the lower groups as well.
    This means they are functioning a year behind all the time.
    I have a girl right now who is doing 2nd grade math and
    struggling with that as a 3rd grader. I imagine next year
    she will be in a 3/4 and placed in a 3rd grade math group.
    In 5th grade she could be in a 4th grade math group? So she
    will never get 5th grade math??? My groups are homogenous
    in terms of ability but mixed age. I have 2 third graders
    doing second grade math, but also have 3 second graders
    doing the third.

    Do we just assume in middle school she will also be
    remediated? Do you hold all your students to grade level
    standards or meet them where they are at? I fully believe
    in meeting where they are at, but if they are always
    falling short of grade level standards, what do you do?

    On the same note, the kids who are always a grade ahead, by
    fifth grade will have to repeat 5th grade math again, as
    our school does not have 6th grade... this is a quandry(sp)
    to be about teaching mixed age classes.

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