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Re: Any one-room school teachers? For Carol![]()
Posted by Donna/WI on 7/08/07
What do you use in your one/two room school to teach primary reading?
On 7/07/07, islandgirl wrote:
> Hi,
> I also teach grades 3-6 in a two room school house. I also use
reading circles and
> writing workshop to teach reading and language arts. Math is the
only subject that I
> teach from leveled textbooks, although I do use leveled readers for
guided reading
> instruction. For science and social studies, I have developed units
based on some of the
> curriculum and content that kids are expected to know when they get
out of
> elementarry school. Then I set up a rotating curriculum. Every
three years i teach these
> unit. So for instance, one year we may really focus on our
community, the next our
> state and the last US history and geography. I have to scaffold the
lessons in each of
> the units for the different grade levels, so fifith graders may be
responsible for more
> research while the third grades are getting a broader overview
integrating skills that i
> want them to be getting. It does take a while to set it all up and
i am alsways changing
> and tweeking depending on the dynamics of how many in each grade
level but it is still
> alot easier than trying to teach three different curriculums each
day. I would be happy
> to correspond more with you and am curious about where you are.
> Carol