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
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