Sara

Posted on 8/28/09

Hello. I'm not a teacher so I hope it's ok to post a
question here. I have been asked if I would like to move my
daughter to a kinder/1st grade combo class. My daughter is
bright and independent, but I worry that the teacher will
be forced to split her time for each grade leaving too
much "down time" for each class. How have your combo classes worked
out? Please let me know how you felt about
meeting the standards for each grade and if you felt the
class offered anything additional for the students. Thank
you for all the hard work and time you put in to your
classes!!!

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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