Marcie Zambryski

Posted on 7/31/09

I am finding the same thing zero resources to teach a k-1 combo. I
was asked at the end of last school year to teach a k-1. I have
spent many hours looking for some advice/ideas how to plan and
manage a classroom of 10 kinders and 18 first grade. My K's will
be in the classroom for half a day and the firsts will be there all
day. I am trying to figure out how to teach math, reading,
writing, science, s.s. so that it is not repetitive for the
students.

On 7/18/09, Terri wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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