On 12/13/07, Rosie wrote:
> I currently teach third grade and we use Houghton Mifflin-
> supposedly with "fidelty". That said, we are supposed to
> be tiering our stations and I am really not sure what this
> is supposed to look like. We have been reamed by the AP
> because our benchmarks scores don't match our report card
> grades. Now I am supposed to be tiering all the stations-
> but then she isn't going to like the grades again, because
> some students will have modified assignments.
I am a third grade teacher also, we use Houghton Mifflin. If
you mean by making your centers for grade level work then you
need to have your AP come in your room and model the centers
for you. Making the centers fit Intensive, Strategic and
Bendchmark is very hard to do. I make my centers with a
Benchmark leader and an intensive student in each center then
disperse the other students to equal the ability of the
student. We even had the state coordinator come and share
this concept with us. But what I learned was to have someone
to model the centers for me. I use my small group to teach
intensive students 3 times a week for 15 minutes and strategic
students twice a week. I hope I am not out of line but
Benchmark scores will not match report cards. Good luck!