Re: K-1 Combo Class

Terri

Posted on 7/18/09

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I will be teaching a K-1 class next year and I am looking for any
suggestions on curriculum management. I would love to see some
"sample" schedules and set ups! I have also been told that they
would be glad to send me to a workshop or conference on multi-age
classrooms but I do not see much out there. Any ideas on this? I
would also like a list of experts that I could be looking to for
assistance- books, speakers, etc. It seems so much of the
information in print is 10 years old or more. Who/what are the
more current gurus for multiage grouping?
Thanks for any input!

On 7/15/09, K-1 teacher wrote:
> As a K-1 multiage teacher I can say that most of the research
> says you should not do a multiage because of numbers (which is
> looks like your school is doing just that). I teach a K-1 with
> another certified teacher. We have around 30 students in a
> double sized classroom.
>
> Everything for my K-1's is taught together with different
> expectations except for math (curriculum is too different).
> For my classroom I take one group for math and my co-teacher
> takes the other group.
>
> If I had to teach math alone I would probably have 1st grade
> practice a previously taught skill while I taught K the days
> math lesson. Then the K's would practice that skill or another
> math game while 1st got instruction.
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> On 7/15/09, Claudia wrote:
>> I too, have been asked to teach a k/1 combo next year. So
>> far, I haven't been able to find any resources online to
>> help me figure this out. I taught k for 5 years and then
>> first grade for 10 years. I'll have 5 Kinders and the rest
>> first graders. Thank you for any help!!

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